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Homework Statement
Heather in her Corvette accelerates at the rate of <3.20, -2.00>m/s^2, while Jill in her Jaguar accelerates at <1.00, 3.20>m/s^2. They both start from rest at the origin of an xy coordinate system. After 5.50 s, (a) what is Heather's speed with respect to Jill, (b) how far apart are they, and (c) what is Heather's acceleration relative to Jill?
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
Vhj = Vh - Vj = 3.77 - 3.35 = .421
[(3.77cos(327.9))i + (3.77sin(327.9))j] - [(3.35cos(72.6))i + 3.35sin(72.6))j
= 2.19i - 5.20j
magnitude is 5.64
I really don't know if this is correct and how it fits into the problem of getting the distance at 5.5 seconds and the speed at 5.50 seconds. Can someone help please?