A car is waiting for a red light to change. When the light turns green, the car speeds up at a constant acceleration of 2.0 m/s². At 6.0 s, the acceleration drops to zero. At the instant that the car began to move at the light, a truck moving in the same direction, with a constant velocity of 10 m/s, passes by. At what time after the light turns green do the car and truck meet again? A O The car and the truck will never meet again. 18 s 8 s 10 s

A car is waiting for a red light to change. When the light turns green, the car speeds up at a constant acceleration of 2.0 m/s². At 6.0 s, the acceleration drops to zero. At the instant that the car began to move at the light, a truck moving in the same direction, with a constant velocity of 10 m/s, passes by. At what time after the light turns green do the car and truck meet again? A O The car and the truck will never meet again. 18 s 8 s 10 s

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A car is waiting for a red light to change. When the light turns green, the car speeds up at a constant acceleration of 2.0 m/s². At 6.0 s, the acceleration drops to zero. At the instant that the car began to move at the light, a truck moving in the same direction, with a constant velocity of 10 m/s, passes by. At what time after the light turns green do the car and truck meet again?

- ☐ The car and the truck will never meet again.
- ☐ 18 s
- ☐ 8 s
- ☐ 10 s
- ☐ 6 s

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