ST. MICHAELS COLLEGE SCHOOL ACCELERATION PROBLEMS CHASE: 1.

At the instant when the traffic light turns green, a truck quickly accelerates at 2.5 m/s2 [forward]. Drinking his coffee, the driver of a car starts accelerating 3.5 s after the truck begins to move. The cars acceleration is 3.5 m/s2 [forward]. a) When will the car overtake or catch up to the truck? (19.1 s from cars start) b) Where will the car overtake the truck? COLLISION: 2. Two trains, one traveling at 27.7 m/s [E] and the other traveling at 33.3 m/s [W] are headed toward each other. When they are 300. m apart both trains begin to decelerate at 2.5 m/s2 to avoid a collision. a) When will they hit each other? (6.8 s) b) Where will they hit each other? c) How would you determine whether they would hit in the first place? CONSECUTIVE INTERVAL: 3. A turtle, starting from rest, moves with a constant acceleration along a straight ditch. He starts his stopwatch as he passes a fence post and notes that it takes him 10.0 s to reach a pine tree 10.0 m farther along the ditch. As he passes the pine tree, his speed is 1.2 m/s. How far is the fence post from his start? (8.0 m)