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Homework Statement
Car A accelerates from rest at 0.75m/s^2 for 1 minute. After this Car A cruises at a constant speed. Car B accelerates from rest at the same time at 0.1m/s^2. When will car B catch up with Car A? What distance have they traveled and what is the final speed of each car?
Homework Equations
d= ViT + 1/2at^2
Vf= Vi + aT
The Attempt at a Solution
i found the speed of car A which is 22.5 m/s and Car B which is 45 m/s
and i did the calculations and i got 450 sec for the time for Car B to catch up with car A
but when i tried to find the distance i got really odd numbers, i got 10125m
because i would plug in 450 sec into (1/2)(0.1)(450^2) and got that
i just want to know if i did this right, and i could use some help if this is wrong