Question

Assume that for your observation, the first measurement was taken 30 seconds after you arrived, and the second was taken 45 seconds after you arrived. At the first measurement, the car was 50 meters past the starting line of the track. At the second measurement, the car was 615 meters past the starting line of the track.

• Write a python program that determines, for any time between 30 and 45 seconds, where the car will be on the track (in terms of meters past the starting line). The time to evaluate at should be a variable in your program. The program should print both the time and the position at that time to the screen, with a line describing what is being output. You should test your program at various times and make sure the results seem reasonable

Answer 1

Given that,

Let as assume that the acceleration (a) is constant and it starts with an initial velocity (u) from the starting point.

Then,

Then we can write,

On rearranging (1) and (2), we get,

Therefore at any time t, the position of the object is,

Program:

u=-22.33

a=1.6

t=input('Enter the time')

S=(u*t)+(0.8*t**2)

Print('The position is',S)