Homework Help: physics

Posted by Seun on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 7:44am.

2 cars are in a race the first car is 200m ahead of the second car.the first car is moving with a uniform velocity of 30m/s while the second car starts from rest and accelerate to a rate of 4m/s how far and how long will it take the second car to meet the first car

physics - drwls, Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 7:46am
Write equtions for distance travelled vs time for each car. Set them equal and solve for t.

Use that value of t in either X(t) eqation to get the location.

Answer this Question

Related Questions

physics - A short train (an engine plus four cars) is accelerating at 1.10 . The...
Physics - Two cars are moving. The first car has twice the mass of the second ...
physics - Two cars adjacent to each other on a highway. The first car ...
Physics - Please Help - Two cars are moving. The first car has twice the mass of...
Physics - Please Help - Two cars are moving. The first car has twice the mass of...
Physics - Two cars are moving. The first car has twice the mass of the second ...
Physics - Two cars are moving. The first car has twice the mass of the second ...
physics - Two cars are initially moving at constant speeds of 50 m/s (first car...
Physics - Car A passes a light post moving at 25m/s and continues at this speed...
pysic - A 328 kg car moving at 19.1 m/s hits from behind another car moving at ...

For Further Reading

First Name:
School Subject:
Answer: