Question: During a manufacturing process, a conveyor belt starts from rest and travels a total of 1.2 ft before temporarily coming to rest. Knowing that the

During a manufacturing process, a conveyor belt starts from rest and travels a total of 1.2 ft before temporarily coming to rest. Knowing that the jerk, or rate of change of acceleration, is limited to ±4.8 ft/s2 per second, determine 

(a) The shortest time required for the belt to move 1.2 ft, 

(b) The maximum and average values of the velocity of the belt during that time.

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