Car A is traveling at a location where the speed limit is 100 km/h. The police officer in car P observes this speed via radar. The driver of car A sees and reacts very unwisely to the police car P. Car A is traveling at VA = 125 km/h as it passes P, but over the next 5.4 seconds, the car uniformly accelerates to 151 km/h, after which that speed is maintained. At the moment when A passes P, the police car begins to accelerate at the constant rate of 5.3 m/s² until a speed of 173 km/h is achieved, and that speed is then maintained. Determine the distance s required for the police officer to overtake car A. A Answer: s= VA i 1039.83 Affi P m

Car A is traveling at a location where the speed limit is 100 km/h. The police officer in car P observes this speed via radar. The driver of car A sees and reacts very unwisely to the police car P. Car A is traveling at VA = 125 km/h as it passes P, but over the next 5.4 seconds, the car uniformly accelerates to 151 km/h, after which that speed is maintained. At the moment when A passes P, the police car begins to accelerate at the constant rate of 5.3 m/s² until a speed of 173 km/h is achieved, and that speed is then maintained. Determine the distance s required for the police officer to overtake car A. A Answer: s= VA i 1039.83 Affi P m

Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition

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ISBN:9780078807213

Author:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Publisher:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Chapter6: Motion In Two Dimensions

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 84A

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