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Homework Statement A car moving at a speed of 34 m/s enters a curve that describes a quarter turn of radius 117 m. The driver gently applies the brakes, giving a constant tangential deceleration of magnitude 1.2 m/s2. Just before emerging from the turn, what is the magnitude of the...

Actually your diagram did help. Very good Advice. I realized that as my chasing car was decelerating to the forward car's speed, the forward car was in fact still moving so its extra distance had to be accounted for (or in fact, discounted for). My answer of 257.813 - 62.5 [the distance...

I have not yet covered frames of reference. I tried drawing a diagram and the thought process still makes sense to me.

Homework Statement A certain automobile can decelerate at |a1| = 1.6 m/s2. Traveling at a constant v1 = 29 m/s, this car comes up behind a car traveling at a constant v2 = 4 m/s. How close to the slower car can the driver of the faster car come before applying his brakes and still avoid a...