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Car A is traveling at 18.0 m/s and car B at 25.0 m/s. Car A is 300 m behind car B when the driver of car A accelerates his car with an acceleration of 1.80 m/. How long does it take car A to overtake car B?

5.50 s
12.6 s
22.6 s
Car A never overtakes car B.

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