a. The Blue Origin's Rocket is flying at a speed of 500 m/s for 10 seconds. What is the distance travelled by the rocket?

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a. The Blue Origin's Rocket is flying at a speed of 500 m/s for 10 seconds. What is the distance travelled by the rocket?

b. You rode a roller coaster with a total path length of 250 meters. After 3 rides, how much is your displacement?

c. A paraglider started to descent in his wingsuit. Knowing that air resistance will be significant to make the paraglider to be safe, which of the following will happen to its acceleration and velocity vectors?

d. A car moving at 100 km/hr along a straight road suddenly hit the brakes. Which of the following is true about the acceleration and velocity vectors?

e. What is the acceleration of a car started from rest, and moved at 10 m/s for 10 s?

f. For the slow-moving car to overtake a fast-moving car, the slow-moving car must ________

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- accelerate less than that of the fast-moving car.
- accelerate at the same rate of the fast-moving car.
- accelerate greater than that of the fast-moving car.
- not accelerate at all cost.
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