At the instant the traffic light turns green, a car that has been waiting at an intersection starts ahead with a constant accel- eration of 2.80 m/s². At the same instant a truck, traveling with a constant speed of 20.0 m/s, overtakes and passes the car. (a) How far beyond its starting point does the car overtake the truck? (b) How fast is the car traveling when it overtakes the truck? (c) Sketch an x-t graph of the motion of both vehicles. Take x = at the intersection. (d) Sketch a v-t graph of the motion of both 2.34 vehicles.

At the instant the traffic light turns green, a car that has been waiting at an intersection starts ahead with a constant accel- eration of 2.80 m/s². At the same instant a truck, traveling with a constant speed of 20.0 m/s, overtakes and passes the car. (a) How far beyond its starting point does the car overtake the truck? (b) How fast is the car traveling when it overtakes the truck? (c) Sketch an x-t graph of the motion of both vehicles. Take x = at the intersection. (d) Sketch a v-t graph of the motion of both 2.34 vehicles.

College Physics

11th Edition

ISBN:9781305952300

Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Publisher:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1CQ: Estimate the order of magnitude of the length, in meters, of each of the following; (a) a mouse, (b)...

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