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Question
Write three equations of uniformly accelerated motion relating the initial velocity (u), final velocity (v), time (t), acceleration (a) and displacement (S).
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Solution
Three equations of a uniformly accelerated motion are
v = u + at
s = ut + (1/2)at2
v2 = u2 + 2as
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