A car is travelling on a straight horizontal road. The velocity of the car, vms, at time t seconds asit travels past three points, P, Q and R, is modelled by the equationv = at² +bt+c,where a, b and c are constants.The car passes P at time t= 0 with velocity 8 ms¯.(a) State the value of c.The car passes Q at time t= 5 and at that instant its deceleration is 0.12 ms¯². The car passes R attime t = 18 with velocity 2.96 ms(b) Determine the values of a and b.(c) Find, to the nearest metre, the distance between points P and R.

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A car is travelling on a straight horizontal road. The velocity of the car, vms, at time t seconds as it travels past three points, P, Q and R, is modelled by the equation v = ar² + bt +c, where a, b and c are constants. The car passes Pat time t = 0 with velocity 8 ms¯1. (a) State the value of c. The car passes Q at time t= 5 and at that instant its deceleration is 0.12 ms. The car passes R at time t= 18 with velocity 2.96 ms (b) Determine the values of a and b. (c) Find, to the nearest metre, the distance between points P and R.

A car is travelling on a straight horizontal road. The velocity of the car, vms, at time t seconds as it travels past three points, P, Q and R, is modelled by the equation v = ar² + bt +c, where a, b and c are constants. The car passes Pat time t = 0 with velocity 8 ms¯1. (a) State the value of c. The car passes Q at time t= 5 and at that instant its deceleration is 0.12 ms. The car passes R at time t= 18 with velocity 2.96 ms (b) Determine the values of a and b. (c) Find, to the nearest metre, the distance between points P and R.

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