Elana walks at a speed of 1.3 m/s into a train terminal and realizes that her train is already pulling out of the station. She starts running with an acceleration of 3.0 m/s^2 in a straight line toward the train, which has a 10 m head start and moves with a constant leisurely velocity of 2.0 m/s in the same direction. If she runs with this acceleration for 2.0 s and then maintains her speed, how long (total time) does it take her to reach the train? How far does she have to run to reach the train?

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Elana walks at a speed of 1.3 m/s into a train terminal and realizes that her train is already pulling out of the
station. She starts running with an acceleration of 3.0 m/s^2 in a straight line toward the train, which has a
10 m head start and moves with a constant leisurely velocity of 2.0 m/s in the same direction. If she runs
with this acceleration for 2.0 s and then maintains her speed, how long (total time) does it take her to reach
the train? How far does she have to run to reach the train?

 

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