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A train which is traveling at 74 mi/hr applies its br

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A train which is traveling at 74 mi/hr applies its brakes as it reaches point A and slows down with a constant deceleration. Its decreased velocity is observed to be 56 mi/hr as it passes a point 1/2 mi beyond A. A car moving at 50 mi/hr passes point B at the same instant that the train reaches point A. In an unwise effort to beat the train to the crossing, the driver "steps on the gas." Calculate the constant acceleration a that the car must have in order to beat the train to the crossing by 4.6 sec and find the velocity v of the car as it reaches the crossing. Train 1.0 mi 74 mi/hr 1.2 mi 50 mi/hr B Car Answers: i ft/sec2 a = V = i mi/hr
Transcribed Image Text:A train which is traveling at 74 mi/hr applies its brakes as it reaches point A and slows down with a constant deceleration. Its decreased velocity is observed to be 56 mi/hr as it passes a point 1/2 mi beyond A. A car moving at 50 mi/hr passes point B at the same instant that the train reaches point A. In an unwise effort to beat the train to the crossing, the driver "steps on the gas." Calculate the constant acceleration a that the car must have in order to beat the train to the crossing by 4.6 sec and find the velocity v of the car as it reaches the crossing. Train 1.0 mi 74 mi/hr 1.2 mi 50 mi/hr B Car Answers: i ft/sec2 a = V = i mi/hr
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