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Police Question...
Question:
A speeder passes a parked police car at 30.0 m/s. The police car starts from rest with a uniform acceleration of 2.44 m/s^2.
a) How much time passes before the speeder is overtaken my the police car? Ans: 24.6 s
b) How far does the speeder get before being overtaken by the police car?
Ans: 738 m
My Questions/Work:
To the best of my knowledge, we know the following...
Cop Vi: 0.0 m/s
Cop Accel: 2.44 m/s2
Spdr V: 30 m/s
a) Formula: Vf = Vi + AT ?
What should I use as the Cop's Final Velocity?
Question:
A speeder passes a parked police car at 30.0 m/s. The police car starts from rest with a uniform acceleration of 2.44 m/s^2.
a) How much time passes before the speeder is overtaken my the police car? Ans: 24.6 s
b) How far does the speeder get before being overtaken by the police car?
Ans: 738 m
My Questions/Work:
To the best of my knowledge, we know the following...
Cop Vi: 0.0 m/s
Cop Accel: 2.44 m/s2
Spdr V: 30 m/s
a) Formula: Vf = Vi + AT ?
What should I use as the Cop's Final Velocity?