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yes sorry i thought it was relitivley obvious that the kinematic equations would be used in this thanks for all the help guys

i don't know how he solved it but i want to know if anyone knows please speak up I am trying to find out but he's out right now will let you know if i find out but let's try to solve it in the mean time

the way the question is written to me it sounds like its stopped and instantly is magically able to accelerate to 7.5m/s/s

btw my buddy (older friend in university engineering) says the answer is 220m

A car starts at rest and accelerates to 7.5 m/s/s towards a 18 wheeler truck headed towards the car at a constant speed of 130 km/h. if they are 500m apart how far from the cars starting position will they collide im really just having problems solving this i always seem to screw it up i...