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Answer:
(a) 3.807 s
(b) 145.581 m
Explanation:
Let Δt = t2 - t1 be the time it takes from the moment when the motorcycle starts to accelerate until it catches up with the car. We know that before the acceleration, both vehicles are travelling at a constant speed. So they would maintain a distance of 58 m prior to the acceleration.
The distance traveled by car after Δt (seconds) at speed is
The distance traveled by the motorcycle after Δt (seconds) at speed and acceleration of a = 8 m/s2 is
We know that the motorcycle catches up to the car after Δt, so it must have covered the distance that the car travels, plus their initial distance:
(b)
The displacement is 2 m south
Explanation:
Distance and displacement are two different quantities:
- Distance is the total length of the path covered by an object during its motion, regardless of the direction. It is a scalar quantity
- Displacement is a vector connecting the initial position to the final position of motion of an object. The magnitude of the displacement is the distance in a straight line between the two points
For the car in this problem, the motion is:
10 m south
8 m north
Taking north as positive direction, we can describe the two parts of the motion as
m
Therefore, the final position of the car with respect to the original position is
which means 2 m south: so, the displacement of the car is 2 m south.
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