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I drove my car along a stretch of road 500\textrm{ m} long. My car can accelerate uniformly from 0 to 60\textrm{ km h}^{-1} in 10 seconds. Its maximum speed is 100\textrm{ km h}^{-1}.
1. I looked at my speedometer three times on the journey and read the speeds 10\textrm{ km h}^{-1}, then 50\textrm{ km h}^{-1}, then 10\textrm{ km h}^{-1}. What was the least possible time to travel along the stretch of road? What was the greatest possible time?
2. On the next 500\textrm{ m} of road, I looked at my speedometer twice: on one occasion it registered 50\textrm{ km h}^{-1}, which was my maximum speed for the journey, and on another occasion is registered 10\textrm{ km h}^{-1}, which was also my minimum speed for the journey.
What were the least and greatest possible times I spent on this section of road?
3. On the next 500\textrm{ m} section of road I alternately accelerate to 50\textrm{ km h}^{-1} and decelerate down to 10\textrm{ km h}^{-1}.
What is the largest number of times I can record a speed of 10\textrm{ km h}^{-1}?
4. On the final 500\textrm{ m} section of road, before I am arrested for dangerous driving, I alternately accelerate to 50\textrm{ km h}^{-1} and decelerate down to 10\textrm{ km h}^{-1}.
What speed must I start the section of road to finish at 10\textrm{ km h}^{-1}?
Don't forget that I start one section of road at the same speed that I finish the previous section.
Think about this mechanical configuation and compute the time taken for the man to reach the spool