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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 $t$ seconds, the total distance travelled is
A$\frac{4 \alpha \beta}{(\alpha+\beta)} t ^{2}$
B$\frac{2 \alpha \beta}{(\alpha+\beta)} t ^{2}$
C$\frac{\alpha \beta}{2(\alpha+\beta)} t ^{2}$
D$\frac{\alpha \beta}{4(\alpha+\beta)} t ^{2}$
(JEE MAIN-2021)
Solution

$t _{1}+ t _{2}= t$
$v _{0}\left(\frac{1}{\alpha}+\frac{1}{\beta}\right)= t$
$\Rightarrow v _{0}=\frac{\alpha \beta t }{\alpha+\beta}$
Distance $=$ area of $v – t$ graph
$=\frac{1}{2} \times t \times v _{0}=\frac{1}{2} \times t \times \frac{\alpha \beta t }{\alpha+\beta}=\frac{\alpha \beta t ^{2}}{2(\alpha+\beta)}$
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