Person A is waiting patiently at a traffic light when person B zooms past him at 25.5m/s. after 1.4s, person A's car accelerates at a rate of 4.5m/s^2 . Will person A be able to catch up to person B? If so how long? If not, how close will person A get to person B?
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.
Person A is waiting patiently at a traffic light when person B zooms past him at 25.5m/s. after 1.4s, person A's car accelerates at a rate of 4.5m/s^2 . Will person A be able to catch up to person B? If so how long? If not, how close will person A get to person B?
What would the frusteration distance be? (how close would they get to eachother?)
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