A motorcycle officer hidden at an intersection observes a car driven by an oblivious driver who ignores a stop sign and continues through the intersection at constant speed. The police officer takes off in pursuit 2.35 s after the car has passed the stop sign. She accelerates at 5.00 m/s2 until her speed is 103 km/h, and then continues at this speed until she catches the car. At that instant, the car is 1.50 km from the intesection.
Displacement, Velocity and Acceleration
In classical mechanics, kinematics deals with the motion of a particle. It deals only with the position, velocity, acceleration, and displacement of a particle. It has no concern about the source of motion.
Linear Displacement
The term "displacement" refers to when something shifts away from its original "location," and "linear" refers to a straight line. As a result, “Linear Displacement” can be described as the movement of an object in a straight line along a single axis, for example, from side to side or up and down. Non-contact sensors such as LVDTs and other linear location sensors can calculate linear displacement. Non-contact sensors such as LVDTs and other linear location sensors can calculate linear displacement. Linear displacement is usually measured in millimeters or inches and may be positive or negative.
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Given,
The police officer takes off in pursuit after the car has passed the stop sign.
Acceleration of police officer, a = 5.00 m/s2
The final speed of police officer,
Distance of catch point from intersection point, D = 1.50 km = 1500 m
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