Dragsters can achieve average accelerations of 26.0 m/s². Suppose such a dragster accelerates from rest at this rate for 5.56 s. How far does it travel in this time?

Strategy
Draw a sketch.

We are asked to find displacement, which is x if we take x₀ to be zero. (Think about it like the starting line of a race. It can be anywhere, but we call it 0 and measure all other positions relative to it.) We can use the equationonce we identify v₀,a and t from the statement of the problem.

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xo a = 26.0 m/s² y X