Your speed meter shows that your driving 60kph, and you want to overtake a truck running 50kph, 10m ahead of you. If your vehicle can accelerate at 0.10m/s^2, how much time do you need to overtake? write your solution on paper a. 3s b. 4.3s c. 3.4s d. 4s

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Your speed meter shows that your driving 60kph, and you want to overtake a truck running 50kph, 10m ahead of you. If your vehicle can accelerate at 0.10m/s^2, how much time do you need to overtake? write your solution on paper

a. 3s

b. 4.3s

c. 3.4s

d. 4s
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