riddle: how fast did he travel?
When Gorix escaped from Dr. Sloth's ship, his ship started at rest. Gorix immediately set his thrusters to full power, and his ship's acceleration increased by 2 m/s2 every second for 15 seconds. At that point, the ship remained at constant acceleration for another 30 seconds, after which the thrusters powered off, effectively setting his acceleration to zero.
Disregarding any other forces acting on the ship, how far did Gorix's ship travel after one minute? Please submit your answer in metres, and round to the nearest whole number, if necessary.
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if anyone has the answer, please post! thanks a lot.. (btw, i tried doing it, but i didn't really get how to do the meters squared thing.. i'm only in pre-algebra... lol!) thanks in advance!!
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i meant to say that the 2m/s2 means 2 meters per second squared!!
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