Question

At a stoplight, a truck traveling at 15 m/s passes a car as it starts from rest. The truck travels at constant velocity and the car accelerates at 3 m/s^2. How much time does the car take to catch up to the truck?

Answer 1

The time that the car take to catch up to truck would be :

1/2 ar^2  = vt

1/2 (3) t^2 = 15t

1.5  t^2  =  15t

t ^2    =   10s

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