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Question
A car accelerates to a velocity of 30 m/s in 10 s and then decelerates for 20 s so that it stops. Draw a velocity-time graph to represent the motion and find:
Distance travelled
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Solution
Distance travelled= area under speed time graph = `1/2`x30x30 =450 m.
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