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Consider the velocity vs. time graph of a person in an elevator shown in the figure below. Suppose the elevator is initially at rest. It then accelerates for 3 seconds, maintains that velocity for 15 seconds, then decelerates for 5 seconds until it stops. The acceleration for the entire trip is not constant so we cannot use the equations of motion from Motion Equations for Constant Acceleration in One Dimension for the complete trip. (We could, however, use them in the three individual sections where acceleration is constant.) Sketch graphs of (a) position vs. time and (b) acceleration vs. time for this trip.

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Physics: Principles with Applications
7th Edition, 2013
Giancoli
ISBN: 9780321625922

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rx = vit + ½ at2
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