UNIFORMLY ACCELERATED MOTION

Imagine that you are the driver of a rocket-powered land vehicle and that you are attempting to "break" the sound barrier by traveling faster than the speed of sound. The vehicle is able to accelerate at a constant 35.0 m/s? while its rocket engine is running. The speed of sound in air is 344 m/s. Assuming that your vehicle starts from rest, what distance will your vehicle have traveled by the time you actually reach the sound barrier (i.e., achieve 344 m/s)?

a) define your coordinate systems,

b) show your starting equations,

c) show your working equations,

d) show all substitutions with units,

e) circle your answers.