A motorbike is moving at along a straight road

PHYSICS · Multi-part · CBSE · Physics · Motion · Motion

Problem

A motorbike is moving at 36 km/h36\,\text{km/h} along a straight road. The rider opens the throttle so that the bike accelerates uniformly at 2.0 m/s22.0\,\text{m/s}^2 for the next 4 s4\,\text{s}. Solve the following: (a) Convert the initial speed of the motorbike from kilometres per hour to metres per second. (b) Using the converted speed, calculate the distance travelled by the motorbike during the 4 s4\,\text{s} of acceleration.

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