Car a Is Traveling at 22 $s ^ { 2 }$

question 45

Multiple Choice

Car A is traveling at 22.0 m/s and car B at 29.0 m/s. Car A is 300 m behind car B when the driver of car A accelerates his car with a uniform forward acceleration of 2.40 m/ $s ^ { 2 }$ . How long after car A begins to accelerate does it take car A to overtake car B?

• A) 5.50 s
• B) 12.6 s
• C) 19.0 s
• D) 316 s
• E) Car A never overtakes car B.

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