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harkovskaia [24]
3 years ago
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Two trains traveling towards one another on a straight track are 300m apart when the engineers on both trains become aware of th

e impending Collision and hit their brakes. The eastbound train, initially moving at 97.0 km/h Slows down at 3.50ms^2. The westbound train, initially moving at 127 km/h slows down at 4.20 m/s^2. What is the distance between them once they stop (express your answer to the two significant figures)
Physics
1 answer:
sattari [20]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

48 m

Explanation:

Two trains traveling towards one another on a straight track are 300m apart when the engineers on both trains become aware of the impending Collision and hit their brakes. The eastbound train, initially moving at 97.0 km/h Slows down at 3.50ms^2. The westbound train, initially moving at 127 km/h slows down at 4.20 m/s^2.

The eastbound train

First convert km/h to m/s

(97 × 1000)/3600

97000/3600

26.944444 m/s

As the train is decelerating, final velocity V = 0 and acceleration a will be negative. Using third equation of motion

V^2 = U^2 - 2as

O = 26.944^2 - 2 × 3.5 S

726 = 7S

S = 726/7

S1 = 103.7 m

The westbound train

Convert km/h to m/s

(127×1000)/3600

127000/3600

35.2778 m/s

Using third equation of motion

V^2 = U^2 - 2as

0 = 35.2778^2 - 2 × 4.2 × S

1244.52 = 8.4S

S = 1244.52/8.4

S2 = 148.2 m

S1 + S2 = 103.7 + 148.2 = 251.86

The distance between them once they stop will be

300 - 251.86 = 48.14 m

Therefore, the distance between them once they stop is 48 metres approximately.

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