A police officer is driving southbound on the highway at a speed of 24 meters per second. He sees a yellow car driving northbound. From inside the moving police car, the officer measures the yellow car’s speed as 59 meters per second. To an observer on the side of the road, what is the yellow car’s velocity? 59 m/s 83 m/s 24 m/s 35 m/s

A police officer is driving southbound on the highway at a speed of 24 meters per second. He sees a yellow car driving northbound. From inside the moving police car, the officer measures the yellow car’s speed as 59 meters per second. To an observer on the side of the road, what is the yellow car’s velocity? 59 m/s 83 m/s 24 m/s 35 m/s

Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition

1st Edition

ISBN:9780078807213

Author:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Publisher:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Chapter2: Representing Motion

Section2.4: How Fast?

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