A train starting from a railway station and moving with uniform acceleration attains a speed of 40 km h -1 in 10 minutes. Find its acceleration.

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Philoid · Accepted Answer

Initial speed, u = 0 (As it starts from rest)

Final speed, v = 40 km/h

=

= 11.11 m/s

And,

Time taken, t = 10 minutes

= 10 × 60 seconds

= 600 s

Now,

Acceleration, a =

a =

a = 0.0185 m/s²

= 1.85 × 10^-2 ms^-2)