Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics
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Author: Douglas C. Giancoli
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
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Chapter 2, Problem 94GP
You are traveling at a constant speed vM, and there is a car in front of you traveling with a speed vA. You notice that vM > vA so you start slowing down with a constant acceleration a when the distance between you and the other car is x. What relationship between a and x determines whether or not you run into the car in front of you?
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Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics
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