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Rectilinear Motion
Question

A body moving with uniform acceleration covers 100m in the first 10s and 150m in the next  10s. The acceleration of the body is

Moderate
Solution

Let ‘u’ and ‘a’ be the initial velocity and acceleration of the body respectively
 From equation  S=ut+12at2
Step-I
100=10u+12a102 
10=u+5a..........(1) 
Step-II
The total distance covered in the total time of 20S is 100+150=250m 
250=20u+12a202 
250=20u+200a 
25=2u+20a........(2) 
On solving equations (1) & (2)
Acceleration  a=0.5m/s2
 

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