Two trains, one travelling at 20.8m/s and the other at 76.2 m/s, are headed toward one another along a straight level track. When they are 839 m apart, each engineer sees the other's train and applies the brakes. Assuming both trains have equal magnitude accelerations after the brakes are applied, determine the minimum magnitude of this acceleration () in order to avoid a collision.

Two trains, one travelling at 20.8m/s and the other at 76.2 m/s, are headed toward one another along a straight level track. When they are 839 m apart, each engineer sees the other's train and applies the brakes. Assuming both trains have equal magnitude accelerations after the brakes are applied, determine the minimum magnitude of this acceleration () in order to avoid a collision.

College Physics

11th Edition

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Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Publisher:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

Section: Chapter Questions

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