College Physics: A Strategic Approach (3rd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321879721
Author: Randall D. Knight (Professor Emeritus), Brian Jones, Stuart Field
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 2, Problem 4P
A rural mail carrier is driving slowly, putting mail in mailboxes near the road. He overshoots one mailbox, stops, shifts into reverse, and then backs up until he is at the right spot. The velocity graph of Figure P2.4 represents his motion.
Figure P2.4
a. Draw the mail carrier's position-versus-time graph. Assume that x = 0 m at t = 0 s.
b. What is the position of the mailbox?
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