Large cockroaches can run as fast as in short bursts.

Chapter 2, Problem 2.71

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QUESTION:

Large cockroaches can run as fast as in short bursts. Suppose you turn on the light in a cheap motel and see one scurrying directly away from you at a constant If you start 0.90 m behind the cockroach with an initial speed of toward it, what minimum constant acceleration would you need to catch up with it when it has traveled 1.20 m, just short of safety under a counter?

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QUESTION:

Large cockroaches can run as fast as in short bursts. Suppose you turn on the light in a cheap motel and see one scurrying directly away from you at a constant If you start 0.90 m behind the cockroach with an initial speed of toward it, what minimum constant acceleration would you need to catch up with it when it has traveled 1.20 m, just short of safety under a counter?

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Apply constant acceleration equations to the motion of the two objects, you and the cockroach. You catch up with the roach when both objects are at the same place at the same time.

The given values are

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