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Irodov 1.3: Accelerate, cruise, decelerate — find the cruise time

(Paraphrased.) A car starts from rest, speeds up uniformly with acceleration ww, then moves at constant speed, and finally slows uniformly with the same magnitude ww to a stop. The total time is τ\tau and the mean speed is ⟨v⟩\langle v\rangle. Find how long the car moved at constant speed.