Bystander said:You have doubts? Need an organizing/systematic principle?
You have one typo, you wrote 17.9 seconds instead of 17.9 m/s.Lana Elcic said:I wanted to see if it was right because I didn't use any formulas, I just kinda thought about it.
The formula for calculating the time it takes for two cars to meet is t = d / (v1 + v2), where t is time, d is the distance between the two cars, and v1 and v2 are the velocities of the two cars.
The distance between two cars can be determined by multiplying the velocity of one car by the time it has been traveling. This will give you the distance that car has traveled. Subtract this distance from the total distance between the two cars to get the distance between the two cars at the time of meeting.
The units used for time should be consistent with the units used for velocity and distance. For example, if velocity is measured in miles per hour and distance is measured in miles, then time should be measured in hours.
Yes, this formula can be used for cars traveling in opposite directions. The only difference is that the velocities of the two cars will have opposite signs, as one car is traveling in the positive direction and the other in the negative direction.
This formula can be used for any objects that are moving towards each other at constant velocities. It is not limited to just cars. As long as the distance and velocities are known, this formula can be used to calculate the time it takes for any two objects to meet.