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Chapter 2 Problem 67P

Question

A car and a truck are heading directly toward one another on a straight and narrow street, but they avoid a head-on collision by simultaneously applying their brakes at \(t=0\). The resulting velocity-versus-time graphs are shown in Figure . What is the separation between the car and the truck when they have come to rest, given that at \(t=0\) the car is at \(x=15\ \mathrm m\) and the truck is at \(x=-35\ \mathrm m\)? (Note that this information determines which line in the graph corresponds to which vehicle.)

Solution

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Calculate the final separation between the car and the truck.

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Title Physics with MasteringPhysics 4 
Author James S. Walker
ISBN 9780321541635

A car and a a truck are heading directly toward one

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