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Agent Bond is standing on a bridge, 15m above the road
Chapter 2, Problem 75GP(choose chapter or problem)
Agent Bond is standing on a bridge, 15m above the road below, and his pursuers are getting too close for comfort. He spots a flatbed truck approaching at 25 m/s, which he measures by knowing that the telephone poles the truck is passing are 25 m apart in this region. The roof of the truck is 3.5 m above the road, and Bond quickly calculates how many poles away the truck should be when he drops down from the bridge onto the truck, making his getaway. How many poles is it?
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QUESTION:
Agent Bond is standing on a bridge, 15m above the road below, and his pursuers are getting too close for comfort. He spots a flatbed truck approaching at 25 m/s, which he measures by knowing that the telephone poles the truck is passing are 25 m apart in this region. The roof of the truck is 3.5 m above the road, and Bond quickly calculates how many poles away the truck should be when he drops down from the bridge onto the truck, making his getaway. How many poles is it?
ANSWER:
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Given data,
Vertical distance between the road and bridge:
Distance between the poles :
Speed of truck
Height of the truck from road:
The assumption here is that the truck will be exactly at a position so that Bond can safely land on it.