A motorcycle patrolman starts from rest at a gasoline station 2 seconds after a car travelling at a constant rate of 120 kph passes the gasoline station. If the patrolman accelerated at the rate of 6 m/s^2 until he reaches his max permissible speed of 150 kph which he maintains. How long did it take the patrolman to overtake the car from the time he starts from the gasoline station?
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.
A motorcycle patrolman starts from rest at a gasoline station 2 seconds after a car
travelling at a constant rate of 120 kph passes the gasoline station. If the patrolman
accelerated at the rate of 6 m/s^2 until he reaches his max permissible speed of 150
kph which he maintains. How long did it take the patrolman to overtake the car from
the time he starts from the gasoline station?
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