A) A subway train starts from rest at a station and accelerates at arate of 16.5 m/s? for 13.1 s. It runs at constant speed for 69.7s andslows down at a rate of 3.45 m/s? until it stops at the next station.What is the total distance covered?B) A plane flies from London Heathrow Airport to DubaiInternational Airport, a distance of approximately 5500 km at anaverage speed of 1200 km/h. The return trip was made at anaverage speed of 1050 km/h. Find the average speed for the wholejourney.

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A) A subway train starts from rest at a station and accelerates at a
rate of 16.5 m/s? for 13.1 s. It runs at constant speed for 69.7s and
slows down at a rate of 3.45 m/s? until it stops at the next station.
What is the total distance covered?
B) A plane flies from London Heathrow Airport to Dubai
International Airport, a distance of approximately 5500 km at an
average speed of 1200 km/h. The return trip was made at an
average speed of 1050 km/h. Find the average speed for the whole
journey.

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