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A speeding person in a car passes a police car, which is parked on the side of the road, at 1 0 0 km /

A speeding person in a car passes a police car, which is parked on the side of the road, at 100 km/h and continues at constant speed. After 2 s (seconds) the police car takes up the pursuit of the passenger car with constant acceleration.
 a) What must the police car's acceleration be to catch up with the passenger car a 1000m after the passing point? 
 b) What is the final speed of the police car when it catches up with the passenger car? 
 


 

 

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