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A car and a a truck are heading directly toward one
Chapter 2, Problem 67P(choose chapter or problem)
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.)
Equation Transcription:
Text Transcription:
t=0
t=0
x=15 m
x=-35 m
Questions & Answers
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.)
Equation Transcription:
Text Transcription:
t=0
t=0
x=15 m
x=-35 m
ANSWER:
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Calculate the final separation between the car and the truck.