ar traveling a constant speed of 24 m/s passes a trooper hidden behind a billboard. One second after the speeding car passes the billboard, the trooper sets off in chase with a constant acceleration of 3.00 m/s^2. (a) How long does it take the trooper to overtake the speeding car? (b) How fast is the trooper going at that

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A car traveling a constant speed of 24 m/s passes a trooper hidden behind a billboard. One second after the speeding car passes the billboard, the trooper sets off in chase with a constant acceleration of 3.00 m/s^2. (a) How long does it take the trooper to overtake the speeding car? (b) How fast is the trooper going at that time?
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