Solved: Consider the street pattern shown in Fig. 2-47.

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Consider the street pattern shown in Fig. 2-47. Each intersectionhas a traffic signal, and the speed limit is 50 km/h.Suppose you are driving from the west at the speed limit.When you are 10.0 m from the first intersection, all the lightsturn green. The lights are green for 13.0 s each, (a) Calculatethe time needed to reach the third stoplight. Can you makeit through all three lights without stopping? (b) Another carwas stopped at the first light when all the lights turnedgreen. It can accelerate at the rate of 2.00 m/s2 to the speedlimit. Can the second car make it through all three lightswithout stopping? By how many seconds would it make itor not?

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