Solution CLOSE

Chapter 02, Problem 038

We assume the train accelerates from rest ( and ) at until the

midway point and then decelerates at until it comes to a stop at the next

station. The velocity at the midpoint is , which occurs at .

(a) Equation leads to

(b) The time for the accelerating stage is (using equation )

Since the time interval for the decelerating stage turns out to be the same, we double this result and obtain
for the travel time between stations.

(c) With a dead time of , we have for the total time between start

ups. Thus, gives

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