Q3/A subway traveling at 40 km/hr decelerates as it reaches point A and slows down with a constant deceleration. Its reduced velocity is noted to be 30 km/hr as it passes point C. A vehicle which is moving at 25 km/hr passes point B at the same instant that the subway reaches point A. In an unwise effort to beat the subway to the crossing, the driver "steps on the gas." (a) Calculate the constant acceleration Car a that the car must have in order to beat subway to the crossing by 2 sec and (b) find the velocity v of the car as it reaches the crossing. E- ALSHIRQAT subway A 10.5 km 0.5 km B 1.3 km

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Q3/A subway traveling at 40 km/hr
decelerates as it reaches point A and
slows down with a constant
deceleration. Its reduced velocity is
noted to be 30 km/hr as it passes
point C. A vehicle which is moving
at 25 km/hr passes point B at the
same instant that the subway
reaches point A. In an unwise effort
to beat the subway to the crossing,
the driver "steps on the gas." (a)
Calculate the constant acceleration
Car
mit
a that the car must have in order to beat subway to the crossing
the velocity v of the car as it reaches the crossing.E ALSHIRQAT
subway
A
10.5 km
C
0.5 km
B
1.3 km
2 sec and (b) find
Transcribed Image Text:Q3/A subway traveling at 40 km/hr decelerates as it reaches point A and slows down with a constant deceleration. Its reduced velocity is noted to be 30 km/hr as it passes point C. A vehicle which is moving at 25 km/hr passes point B at the same instant that the subway reaches point A. In an unwise effort to beat the subway to the crossing, the driver "steps on the gas." (a) Calculate the constant acceleration Car mit a that the car must have in order to beat subway to the crossing the velocity v of the car as it reaches the crossing.E ALSHIRQAT subway A 10.5 km C 0.5 km B 1.3 km 2 sec and (b) find
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