A car travelling at a constant speed of 70km/h passes a stationary police car. The police car immediately goes on the chase accelerating uniformly to reach a speed of 85km/h in 10s and continues at that speed until it overtakes the other car. Calculate the time taken for the police car to overtake the car?

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Answer:

18.24 seconds

Explanation:

First you convert the km/h to m/s, 70km/h=(175/9)m/s,85km/h=(425/18)m/s.

You know it took 10 seconds for the police to reach 85 km/h. Calculate the distance that the car is ahead of the police (175/9)*10=1750/9m. Then by divide 1750/9 with 425/18, you will get the value 8.24. Add the 10 seconds with the 8.24 you will get 18.24 sec which is the total time.

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