A car is travelling along a straight horizontal road with a constant acceleration of 0.75 m/s. The car is travelling at 8 mys when it passes a pillar box. 12 seconds later it passes a lamp post. Find a the distance between the pillar box and the lamp post, b the speed with which the car passes the lamp post.

A car is travelling along a straight horizontal road with a constant acceleration of 0.75 m/s. The car is travelling at 8 mys when it passes a pillar box. 12 seconds later it passes a lamp post. Find a the distance between the pillar box and the lamp post, b the speed with which the car passes the lamp post.

Traffic and Highway Engineering

5th Edition

ISBN:9781305156241

Author:Garber, Nicholas J.

Publisher:Garber, Nicholas J.

Chapter3: Characteristics Of The Driver, The Pedestrian, The Bicyclist, The Vehicle, and The Road

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 10P

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