A Bicyclist Starts Down a Hill with an Initial Speed

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Short Answer

A bicyclist starts down a hill with an initial speed of 2.0 m/s. She moves down the hill with a constant acceleration, arriving at the bottom of the hill with a speed of 8.0 m/s. If the hill is 12 m long, how long did it take the bicyclist to travel down the hill?

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Definitions:

Pseudocyesis

A psychiatric condition in which a person believes they are pregnant and exhibits outward signs of pregnancy but is not actually pregnant.

Pseudo Expectancy

False anticipation of psychological or physiological effects, often occurring in the context of placebo effects or drug interactions.

Miscarriage

A loss of pregnancy before the fetus can survive outside the womb, typically occurring before 20 weeks of gestation.

Somatic Symptom

A physical symptom that is thought to be caused, or exacerbated, by mental factors.