AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-2000

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    A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate \[\alpha \]for some time after which it decelerates at a constant rate \[\beta \] to come to rest. If the total time elapsed is t second, the maximum velocity reached is

    A)  \[\frac{{{\alpha }^{2}}\beta t}{{{\alpha }^{2}}+{{\beta }^{2}}}\]                

    B)  \[\frac{\alpha \beta t}{\alpha +\beta }\]

    C)  \[\frac{{{\beta }^{2}}\alpha }{{{\alpha }^{2}}+\beta }\]                 

    D)  \[\frac{\alpha \beta }{t}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

                     Let car accelerate for t second and attain a velocity v, it decelerates for (t - t) second and comes to rest. Then, from equation of motion, we have                 \[v=0+\alpha t\]                 \[0=v-\beta \,\,(t-t)\] or            \[t=t-\frac{v}{\beta }\] But         \[t=\frac{v}{\alpha }\] \[\therefore \]  \[\frac{v}{\alpha }+\frac{v}{\beta }=t\] \[\Rightarrow \]                               \[v=\frac{\alpha \beta t}{\alpha +\beta }\]


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