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Chapter 11, Solution 41.

Place origin at 0.

Motion of auto. ( x A )0 = 0, ( vA )0 = 0, a A = 0.75 m/s 2

1 ⎛1⎞
x A = ( x A )0 + ( v A )0 t + a At 2 = 0 + 0 + ⎜ ⎟ ( 0.75 ) t 2
2 ⎝2⎠

x A = 0.375t 2 m

Motion of bus. ( xB )0 = ?, ( vB )0 = − 6 m/s, aB = 0

xB = ( xB )0 − ( vB )0 t = ( xB )0 − 6t m

At t = 20 s, xB = 0.

0 = ( xB )0 − ( 6 )( 20 ) ( xB )0 = 120 m
Hence, xB = 120 − 6 t

When the vehicles pass each other, xB = x A.

120 − 6t = 0.375 t 2

0.375 t 2 + 6 t − 120 = 0

− 6 ± (6) 2 − ( 4 )( 0.375 )( −120 )

t=
( 2 )( 0.375)
− 6 ± 14.697
t= = 11.596 s and − 27.6 s
0.75
Reject the negative root. t = 11.60 s W
Corresponding values of xA and xB.
2
x A = ( 0.375 )(11.596 ) = 50.4 m

xB = 120 − ( 6 )(11.596 ) = 50.4 m x = 50.4 m W

Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics, 8/e, Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr.,
Elliot R. Eisenberg, William E. Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip J. Cornwell
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