At a stop light, a truck traveling at 10 m/s passes a car as it starts from rest. The truck travels at constant velocity and the c accelerates at 1.0 m/s?. How much time does the car take to catch up to the truck?

At a stop light, a truck traveling at 10 m/s passes a car as it starts from rest. The truck travels at constant velocity and the c accelerates at 1.0 m/s?. How much time does the car take to catch up to the truck?

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Chapter2: Motion In One Dimension

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.5 Applications of the Equations of Kinematics
At a stop light, a truck traveling at 10 m/s passes a car as it starts from rest. The truck travels at constant velocity and the car
accelerates at 1.0 m/s?. How much time does the car take to catch up to the truck?
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