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Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics, 8/e, Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr.,
Elliot R. Eisenberg, William E. Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip J. Cornwell
2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies.


Chapter 11, Solution 88.



From the curve, a t

( )( )
1
2 6 12 m/s A = =

( )( )
2
2 2 4 m/s A = =

Over 6 s 10 s, t < <

4 m/s v =

0 1 0 0
, or 4 12, or 8 m/s v v A v v = + = =

By moment-area formula,
12 0 0
moment of shaded area about 12s x x v t t = + + =
( )( ) ( )( ) ( )( )
12
0 8 12 12 12 3 4 12 11 x = + + +
12
8 m x =