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FromTheMoon [43]
3 years ago
9

An engineer in a locomotive sees a car stuck on the track at a railroad crossing in front of the train. When the engineer first

sees the car, the locomotive is 260 m from the crossing and its speed is 26 m/s. If the engineer's reaction time is 0.51 s, what should be the magnitude of the minimum deceleration to avoid an accident? Answer in units of m/s 2
Physics
1 answer:
GarryVolchara [31]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

The right answer is "1.369 m/s²".

Explanation:

The given values are:

Distance (s)

= 260 m

Initial speed (u)

= 26 m/s

Reaction time (t')

= 0.51 s

During reaction time, the distance travelled by locomotive will be:

⇒  s'=ut'

        =26\times 0.51

        =13.26 \ m

Remained distance between locomotive and car:

⇒  x=s-s'

         =260-13.26

         =246.74 \ m

Now,

The final velocity to avoid collection is, V = 0 m/s

From third equation of motion:

⇒  V^2=u^2+2ax

On putting the estimated values, we get

⇒  0=(26)^2+2\times a\times 246.74

⇒  0=676+493.48a

⇒  493.48a=-676

⇒            a=-\frac{676}{493.48}

⇒            a=1.369 \ m/s^2

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