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Homework Statement
Two drivers met at a station and they discover that both have the same destination.
The driver A has a car which goes from 0 to 100km/h in 16s and driver B has a car which goes from 0 to 100km/h in 5s. The maximum velocity of each is 100km/h
How much time after driver A starts driving should driver B start driving to be sure that he catches driver A?
Homework Equations
Should I use constant acceleration equations?
The Attempt at a Solution
I tried the following:
100km/h = 27.8m/s
Driver A
a = 27.8/16 = 1.73m/s^2
Driver B
a = 27.8/5 = 5.56m/s^2
Now I can't continue because I don't know if I can use constant acceleration equations