Calculating Automobile/Truck Distance and Speed

[Mathize]

At the instant the traffic light turns green, an automobile starts with a constant acceleration (a) of 2.2 m/s^2. At the same instant a truck, traveling with a constant speed of 9.5 m/s, overtakes and passes the automobile.
1) How far beyond the traffic signal will the automobile overtake the truck?
2) How fast will the car be traveling at that instant?

 

[humanino]

Welcome Mathize !
Do not expect us to give you the answer ! You have to do your homework. Try this, and complain if you did not succeed, by showing what you tried.

1) you can express the distance of each vehicle as a function of time : that is twice integrate for the car, and once integrate for the truck. Then find the time after which both distance are equal.

2) this is easier

 

[Mathize]

Thank you

Thank you.

I got it all figured out. It wasnt as bad as I thought it was.