A car starts from rest

PHYSICS · Single correct · CBSE · Physics · Motion · Motion

Problem

A car starts from rest, accelerates uniformly at 2 m s⁻² for 5 s, then continues at the speed reached for 10 s, and finally decelerates uniformly to rest in 4 s. The average velocity for the entire journey is closest to (a) 10 m s−110 \,\text{m s}^{-1} (b) 5 m s−15 \,\text{m s}^{-1} (c) 7.6 m s−17.6 \,\text{m s}^{-1} (d) 8.3 m s−18.3 \,\text{m s}^{-1}

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