A police car is chasing a thief's car, initally they are 100 m apart and moving with velocity of '2v' m/s and 'v' m/s respectively. Based on this answer the following questions. (a) Calculate the time when the police car catches the theif's car. (b) Calculate the distance covered by the theif's car just before police catches it?
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 police car is chasing a thief's car, initally they are 100 m apart and moving with velocity of '2v' m/s and 'v' m/s respectively. Based on this answer the following questions.
(a) Calculate the time when the police car catches the theif's car.
(b) Calculate the distance covered by the theif's car just before police catches it?
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