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At the instant the traffic light turns green, a car that has been waiting at an intersection starts ahead with a constant acceleration of 3.20m/s^2. At the same instant a truck, traveling with a constant speed of 20.0m/s, overtakes and passes the car.

Answer these questions:

1) How far beyond its starting point does the car overtake the truck?

2) How fast is the car traveling when it overtakes the truck?

3) Sketch an x-t graph of the motion of both vehicles. Take x=0 at the intersection.

4) Sketch a v-t graph of the motion of both vehicles.

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Solution analyses the one-dimensional motion of a car, which moves with a constant acceleration and a truck, which moves with a constant speed. Solution is given in a 4-page word document. Graphs of x vs. t and v vs. t are plotted for both vehicles using graphing software.

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Car à 0 m/s ------------------- x ------------------------- t = t

Tr à 20 m/s ------------------- x ------------------------- t = t

Assume that the truck pass the car at the traffic light at t = 0.

At the meeting point, ...

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