Question: A camera is set up at the starting line of a drag race 50 ft from a dragster at the starting line (camera 1 in

A camera is set up at the starting line of a drag race 50 ft from a dragster at the starting line (camera 1 in the figure). Two seconds after the start of the race, the dragster has traveled 100 ft and the camera is turning at 0.75 rad/s while filming the dragster.

a. What is the speed of the dragster at this point?

b. A second camera (camera 2 in the figure) filming the dragster is located on the starting line 100 ft away from the dragster at the start of the race. How fast is this camera turning 2 seconds after the start of the race?

Starting line Camera 1 Camera 2 Dragster - 50 ft 100 ft

Starting line Camera 1 Camera 2 Dragster - 50 ft 100 ft

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