An ambulance is not moving in front of a redtraffic light. As the light turns green, a truck goespast at a constant speed of 20. m/s. At the samemoment, the ambulance begins to accelerate at 2.0m/s^2; when it reaches 35.m/s the ambulancecontinues at that speed. a) The ambulance willpass the truck after how many seconds b) Find their distance from the traffic light at this time

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An ambulance is not moving in front of a redtraffic light. As the light
turns green, a truck goespast at a constant speed of 20. m/s. At the samemoment, the ambulance begins to accelerate at 2.0m/s^2; when it reaches 35.m/s the ambulancecontinues at that speed.
a) The ambulance willpass the truck after how many seconds
b) Find their distance from the traffic light at this time

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