A car and a truck are both travelling at 30m/s down a highway. The car is 10 met

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A car and a truck are both travelling at 30m/s down a highway. The car is 10 meters behind the truck and the truck is 20 meters long. The car is 5 meters long. The driver of the car sees that a bus is approaching him on the other side of the road travelling at a rate of 25 m/s. the driver decides to pass the truck by accelerating constantly at 3m/s/s until he passes the truck and pulls into his travelling lane 20 meters in front of the truck. Determine the minimum distance that the car needs between the front of the car and the front of the approaching bus when the car begins to pass the truck.

Explanation / Answer

car and a truck are both travelling at 30m/s down a highway

truck is 20 meters long and car is 5 meters long

so, the minimum distance that the car needs between the front of the car and the front of the approaching bus when the car begins to pass the truck is 388 m

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