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<u>Answer:</u>
<em>Thunderbird is 995.157 meters behind the Mercedes</em>
<u>Explanation:</u>
It is given that all the cars were moving at a speed of 71 m/s when the driver of Thunderbird decided to take a pit stop and slows down for 250 m. She spent 5 seconds in the pit stop.
Here final velocity
initial velocity distance
Distance covered in the slowing down phase =
The car is in the pit stop for 5s
After restart it accelerates for 350 m to reach the earlier velocity 71 m/s
total time=
Distance covered by the Mercedes Benz during this time is given by
Distance covered by the Thunderbird during this time=
Difference between distance covered by the Mercedes and Thunderbird
=
Thus the Mercedes is 995.157 m ahead of the Thunderbird.