So, if i did this right, it would take 2 seconds to accelerate to 5.0m/s
so using d=vi*t+1/2*a*(t2)
I could find that the distance is 7 m
Then using simple algebra, take 7m away from 15m, then deviding by 5 to get the amount of seconds traveled in 5m/s, I could find the time to be 3.6
I didn't paste the diagram because it is an actual paper and I don't have a scanner, so there's no way for me to, sorry.
I can't break down the time because that's what I'm solving for, unless I don't understand you correctly
Problem
Several students are riding in bumper cars at an amusement park. The mass of car A and its occupants is 250kg. The combined mass of car B and its occupants is 200kg. Car A is 15m away away from car B and moving to the right at 2.0m/s, as shown, when the driver decides to bump into car...