Finding acceleration and distance equations

Hi everyone,
Will be much apprecieted if someone can help me or guide what formula to use. View attachment 15808
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This is a linear-motion (straight-line) & constant acceleration problem. If we designate:

u = initial speed

v = final speed

a = acceleration

t = time elapsed and

s = distance traveled

Then, there are three equations to use

v = u + a*t

s = u*t + (1/2)*a*t2

v2 = u2 + 2*a*s

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Hi everyone,
Will be much apprecieted if someone can help me or guide what formula to use. View attachment 15808
What formula to use depends on what you have learned!

Khan gave you a list of formulas often taught for solving these problems without (directly) using calculus. (They are derived from calculus.) You put the question under Calculus, which suggests that you may be expected to use calculus directly (or maybe not).

So, please tell us what you have been learning; if you have been given formulas, tell us what they are (in the form given to you). Then we can guide you in selecting which to use where in your problem.

But more important than formulas is the thinking you do. This will involve more than direct application of one formula. So we'll want to see what you have tried in order to see whether you are thinking in the right direction.
 
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That's amusing. When Dr. Peterson started posting here, I was really annoyed that he was getting to the kind of questions I liked to answer before I got to them.

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