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Chapter 2, Problem 55AP
A truck tractor pulls two trailers, one behind the other, at a constant speed of 1.00 × 102 km/h. It takes 0.600 s for the big rig to completely pass onto a bridge 4.00 × 102 m long. For what duration of time is all or part of the truck-trailer combination on the bridge?
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