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We are given that:-
Speed of car  
Speed of car of speeder  
Acceleration of car of police  

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

Define the origin to be the location where the speeder passes the police car. Start a timer at the instant that the speeder passes the police car and find another time that both cars have the same displacement from the origin.

For the speeder, traveling with a constant speed, the displacement is given by the following:-

 

 

For the police car, the displacement is given by two components. The first part is the distance traveled at the initially constant speed during the second of reaction time.

 

   

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Physics: Principles with Applications
7th Edition, 2013
Giancoli
ISBN: 9780321625922

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