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Posted by Kim on Monday, September 27, 2010 at 11:44pm.

David is driving a steady 24.0m/s when he passes Tina, who is sitting in her car at rest. Tina begins to accelerate at a steady 2.70m/s^2 at the instant when David passes.

How far does Tina drive before passing David?

What is her speed as she passes him?

college- Physics - TutorCat, Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at 2:18am
distance=

(velocity)*(time)=(1/2)(acceleration)(time)^2

set the distances equal.
college- Physics - hjdf, Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at 6:15pm
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