A car is traveling at a steady 79 km/h in a 50 km/h zone. a police motorcycle takes off at the instant the car passes it, accelerating at a steady 7.9 m/s2 .how much time elapses before the motorcycle is moving as fast as the car?

Respuesta :

We use the kinematic equation,to determine the time required for the motorcycle to reach the car's speed.

[tex]v=u+at[/tex]

Here, v is the velocity of motorcycle after time t, and u is the initial velocity and police motorcycle moves with acceleration a.

Given  [tex]v=79 km/h=\frac{79\times10^3 m}{60\times60s} =21.9 m/s[/tex] and [tex]a=7.9 m/s^2[/tex] . Take [tex]u=0[/tex].

Substituting these values in above equation we get,

[tex]21.9 m/s=0+7.9 m/s^2\times t\\\\t =\frac{21.9m/s}{7.9 m/s^2} =2.77 s[/tex]

Thus, the motorcycle is moving as fast as the car after 2.77 s.