A car is travelling at 20 m/s. The accelerator is applied, causing an acceleration of 2m/s^s. How fast is the car travelling after 10 seconds of acceleration?

Using the SUVAT equation: v = u + at
v = ?u = 20a = 2t = 10
v = 40m/s

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