A police officer spots a speeding car traveling at 20 m/s (approximately 44 mph) as it passes. The officer immediately starts to drive, accelerating from rest at a rate of 5 m/s^2. How far will the officer have to drive before catching up to the speeding car? * O 80 m 100 m 160 m O 400 m

Q: A car is traveling at 20 m/s. At t = 0 s, it begins to slow at a constant rate so that its speed is…

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Q: A swan on a lake becomes airborne by flapping its wings and running on top of the water. If the swan…

A: Given data:  Initial velocity (V0) = 0 m/s Final velocity (V) = 6.50 m/s Acceleration (a) = 0.350…

Q: A car, starting from rest, accelerates in a straight-line path at a constant rate of 5.0 m/s2. How…

A: Initial velocity of car (u) = 0 m/s acceleration (a) = 5 ms2time (t) = 13 seconds

Q: Driving down the road at a speed of 26.6 m/s, you suddenly notice a fallen tree blocking the road a…

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Q: A race car at constant speed of 150 m/s passes a racing motorcycle that is about to start. The race…

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Q: straight upward with a constant acceleration that has a magnitude of 82.5 m/s² for 1.55 seconds, at…

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Q: A boat move slowly inside of a marine with a constant speed of 1.50 m/s. Then it throttles up and…

A: Given :      Initial velocity, u = 1.50 m/s     acceleration, a = 2.40 m/s2     Time, t = 5 s

Q: A train is traveling down a straight track at 35 m/s when the engineer applies the brakes, resulting…

A: Given data: The initial velocity of the train, u=35 m/s. The acceleration of the train, a=-1.0…

Q: Driving down the road at a speed of 37.0 m/s, you suddenly notice a fallen tree blocking the road a…

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Q: An engineer is designing the runway for an airport. Of the planes that will use the airport, the…

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Q: Driving down the road at a speed of 39.1 m/s, you suddenly notice a fallen tree blocking the road a…

A: Calculate the distance covered by the vehicle before coming to the rest. d=93 m−5.9 md=87.1 m

Q: Figure (a) shows a red car and a green car that move toward each other. Figure (b) is a graph of…

A: Assume the red car and the green car moves towards each other. The constant speed of the green car…

Q: An object with an initial velocity of   5.0 m/s slows to 1.0 m/s   over a distance of 10 m   . What…

A: Given, An object with an initial velocity of, u = 5.0 m/s final velocity, v = 1.0 m/s distance…

Q: A racecar starts from rest and accelerates along a straight track. After 11.0 seconds its velocity…

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Q: A car starts from rest and accelerates at a constant rate in a straight line. In the first second…

A: The distance travelled by the car in first second is   △x=v0t+12at23.0 m=(0)t+12a(1.0 s)2 a=6.0 m/s2…

Q: Position of a particle moving along the x-axis varies in time according to the following expression…

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Q: A swan on a lake becomes airborne by flapping its wings and running on top of the water. If the swan…

A: Given The final velocity with which swan takeoff is v = 5.75 m/s. The acceleration of swan is a =…

Q: A car accelerates from 5.0 m/s to 21 m/s at a constant rate of 3.0 m/s2. How far does it travel…

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Q: An object starts from rest and undergoes uniform acceleration. During the first second it travels 5…

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Q: The position of a particle moving along the x-axis is given by x 30 t2- 30 t, where x is in meters…

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Q: An object starts from rest and undergoes uniform acceleration. During the first second it travels 10…

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Q: Figure (a) shows a red car and a green car that move toward each other. Figure (b) is a graph of…

A: Given: xg=256 mxr=-35mt=0ug=21 m/sur=0 total distance =300m

Q: Driving down the road at a speed of 32.7 m/s, you suddenly notice a fallen tree blocking the road a…

A: Given data:  Initial velocity (Vi) = 32.7 m/s Distance of tree = 67.9 m Stop in front of tree at…

Q: At time t = 0, a car moving along a straight line has a velocity of 16 m/s. It slows down with an…

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Q: A plot of velocity versus time for a car for the first 15 seconds of motion is shown in the diagram…

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Q: A rocket-powered sled moves along a track, eventually reaching a top speed of 247 m/s to the west.…

A: The initial speed of the sled: to the westThe final speed of the sled:  (As the sled stops)Time…

Distance and Speed

The speed, distance and time relation forms the basis of study of motion. You will need these concepts in the study of Mechanics. This concept is applicable for students who are studying the following courses –