Chapter 2: Problem 39
You are riding in a car on a straight stretch of a two-lane highway with a speed of \(26 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}\). At a certain time, which we will choose to be \(t=0\), you notice a truck moving toward you in the other lane. The truck has a speed of \(31 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}\) and is \(420 \mathrm{~m}\) away at \(t=0\). (a) Write the position-time equations of motion for your car and for the truck in the other lane. (b) Plot the two equations of motion on a position-time graph. (c) At what time do you and the truck pass one another, going in opposite directions?
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