Answer to Question #154203 in Classical Mechanics for max

Question

A plane flies east at 400m/s and them accelerates west at 6.0m/s^2 for 5 seconds. Determine the distance traveled during the 5 seconds.

Answer 1

Answer

Using newton second equation of motion

$s=ut+1/2at^2$

$s=400\times5+0.5 \times6 \times5\times5\\=2075m$