But each does not cover 88 m. They meet somewhere in between A and B, and arrive there at the same elapsed time.saac said:Homework Statement
Two people start from rest at 88m apart and walk directly toward each other. Person A has a magnitude of .3m/s^2, while person B has a magnitude of .2m/^2. Relative to person A's starting point, where do the people coincide?
Homework Equations
How to determine collision point?
The Attempt at a Solution
I've tried find the total time it takes for each to cover the 88m. then take those values and switch them between A & B. Otherwise I'm stuck.
Kinematics is the branch of physics that studies the motion of objects without considering the causes of the motion.
1-D kinematics is the study of motion in one dimension, such as linear motion along a straight line.
The basic equations used in 1-D kinematics are displacement (x = x0 + v0t + (1/2)at2), velocity (v = v0 + at), and acceleration (a = (v - v0)/t).
Distance is the total length traveled by an object, while displacement is the change in position of an object from its initial position to its final position.
Acceleration is defined as the rate of change of velocity, which means that it is directly proportional to the change in velocity and inversely proportional to the change in time. This can be represented by the equation a = (v - v0)/t.