Physics

Physics

Problem

A cart starts from rest and its velocity at the end of each successive second is 5 m/s, 8 m/s and 11 m/s. Which statement best describes the cart’s acceleration during these three seconds? a) It has uniform acceleration of 3 m/s23\,\text{m/s}^{2} throughout the motion. b) It has uniform retardation since the increments in velocity keep decreasing. c) It has non-uniform acceleration because the change in velocity is not the same each second. d) It has uniform acceleration of 113 m/s2\dfrac{11}{3}\,\text{m/s}^{2} (about 3.7 m/s23.7\,\text{m/s}^{2}) throughout the motion.

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