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Basic: Equations of motion

Problem

A bee is flying to the right when a breeze causes the bee to slow down with a constant leftward acceleration of magnitude 0.50ms2. After 2.0s, the bee is moving to the right with a speed of 2.75ms.
What was the velocity of the bee right before the breeze?
Give the correct sign for your answer, using a coordinate system where rightward is positive.
Round the answer to one decimal place (For example: 2.56 becomes 2.6)
  • Your answer should be
  • an exact decimal, like 0.75
ms