An unmarked police car traveling a constant 90 km/h is passed by a speeder. Precisely 1.00 s after the speeder passes, the police officer steps on the accelerator. If the police car accelerates uniformly at 3.00 m/s2 and overtakes the speeder after accelerating for 9.00 s , what was the speeder's speed?

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An unmarked police car traveling a constant 90 km/h is passed by a speeder. Precisely 1.00 s after the speeder passes, the police officer steps on the accelerator. If the police car accelerates uniformly at 3.00 m/s2 and overtakes the speeder after accelerating for 9.00 s , what was the speeder's speed?

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