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Textbook Solutions for Physics: Principles with Applications

Chapter 2 Problem 16

Question

An automobile traveling overtakes a 1.30-kmlong train traveling in the same direction on a track parallel to the road. If the trains speed is how long does it take the car to pass it, and how far will the car have traveled in this time? See Fig. 236. What are the results if the car and train are traveling in opposite directions?

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The first step in solving 2 problem number 16 trying to solve the problem we have to refer to the textbook question: An automobile traveling overtakes a 1.30-kmlong train traveling in the same direction on a track parallel to the road. If the trains speed is how long does it take the car to pass it, and how far will the car have traveled in this time? See Fig. 236. What are the results if the car and train are traveling in opposite directions?
From the textbook chapter Describing Motion: Kinematics in One Dimension you will find a few key concepts needed to solve this.

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Title Physics: Principles with Applications 7 
Author Douglas C. Giancoli
ISBN 9780321625922

An automobile traveling overtakes a 1.30-kmlong train

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