A spacecraft starts from rest, and makes a journey to a destination 220000 km from its starting point. It does so by accelerating at a constant rate of 7.51 m/s^2 up to the midpoint of the journey, and then decelerates at the same constant rate of 7.51 m/s^2 for the second half of the journey, ending at rest. How long did the entire journey take?

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A spacecraft starts from rest, and makes a journey to a destination 220000 km from its starting point. It does so by accelerating at a constant rate of 7.51 m/s^2 up to the midpoint of the journey, and then decelerates at the same constant rate of 7.51 m/s^2 for the second half of the journey, ending at rest.

How long did the entire journey take?

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