I assumed this was a forum about physics (I am smart enough to read the website name). So I asked a question that I am having trouble conceptualizing which can be explained using a few simple formulas. If you have any input regarding the question, I would like to hear it, but if all you can do...
What is the "1/2" that you have in your formula? And how do you go from 10 mph/s to feet traveled w/o converting it?
Using A = (delta)V / T to find the acceleration of the police car I get:
A = (51.33 fps - 0 fps) / 3.6 sec (time I interpolated it takes to go from 0 - 35)
A= 12.83 fps^2...
Sort of. What I am trying to show is that there would not have been enough time for him to catch up to me AND pace me for a couple of seconds by the time he decided to pull me...um, I mean my friend, over.. Since I made my first post I have done some more research and found a report from the...
I hope that I construct this problem correctly. I am trying to...um, help a friend fight a speeding ticket. Thanks in advance for any help.
The posted speed limit was 25 MPH. The officer was stopped at an intersection as I passed by him on the perpendicular and "estimated" that Iwas traveling...