) A car is accelerating uniformly as it passes two checkpoints that are 30 m apart. The time taken between checkpoints is 4.0 s and the car's speed at the first checkpoint is 5 m/s. Find a) the car's acceleration b) speed at the second checkpoint

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1) A car is accelerating uniformly as it passes two checkpoints that are 30 m apart. The time taken between checkpoints is 4.0 s and the car's speed at the first checkpoint is 5 m/s. Find a) the car's acceleration b) speed at the second checkpoint.

2) A plane starts from rest and accelerates along the ground before takeoff. It moves 600 m in 0.20 min. Find a) the acceleration, b) speed at the end of 12 s, c) distance moved during the twelfth second.

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