Physics

Problem

A car is moving at

10\,\text{m/s}

along a straight road. The driver applies the brakes and the car slows down uniformly to rest with a retardation of

2\,\text{m/s}^2

. Immediately afterwards the car accelerates uniformly in the same direction at

3\,\text{m/s}^2

until its speed reaches

15\,\text{m/s}

. What is the total distance covered during the entire slowing down and speeding up process? a)

45.8\,\text{m}

37.5\,\text{m}

62.5\,\text{m}

100\,\text{m}