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Chapter 2: Q9. (page 41)

Two cars emerge side by side from a tunnel. Car A is traveling with a speed of 60 km/h and has an acceleration of 40 km/h/min. Car B has a speed of 40 km/h and has an acceleration of 60 km/h/min. Which car is passing the other as they come out of the tunnel? Explain your reasoning.

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Car A is passing car B as they come out of the tunnel, but car B will catch up later.

Step by step solution

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Step 1. Definition of acceleration

The variation in the velocity of an object with time gives the acceleration of the object. A positive value of acceleration implies that the velocity is increasing with time.

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Step 2. Identifying the car passing the other as both come out of the tunnel

As the two cars emerge from the tunnel, the velocity of car A is 60kmh, and that of car B is 40kmh. They are at the same position, but car A has a greater velocity than car B. It implies that car A is passing car B as they come out of the tunnel.

The acceleration of car B is greater than that of car A. Thus, car B will attain greater velocity than at a later point.

Hence, car A is passing car B as they come out of the tunnel, but car B will catch up later.

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