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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:
The acceleration.
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Solution

Acceleration a= (v - u)/t= (30 - 0)/ 10 = 3 ms-2
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