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just as a car starts to accelerate from rest with an accelerationof 1.4 m/s^2, a bus moving at a constant velocity of 12 m/s passesit.
how long will it take the car to catch up?
how fast will the car be going at that time?
how far will the car have traveled at this time?

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

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