A commuter train traveling at 64 km/h is 4.8 km from a station. The train then decelerates

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A commuter train traveling at 64 km/h is 4.8 km from a station. The train then decelerates so that its speed is 32 km/h when it is 800 m from the station. Knowing that the train arrives at the station 7.5 min after beginning to decelerate and assuming constant decelerations, determine

(a) The time required to travel the first 4 km,

(b) The speed of the train as it arrives at the station,

(c) The final constant deceleration of thetrain.

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Vector Mechanics for Engineers Statics and Dynamics

ISBN: 978-0073212227

8th Edition

Authors: Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr., Elliot Eisenberg, William Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell

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