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Chapter 11, Solution 75.

( vA )0 = 22 mi/h = 32.267 ft/s

( vB )0 = 13 mi/h = 19.067 ft/s
Sketch the v−t curves.

Slope of v−t curve for car A.

13.2
a=− = − 0.14 ft/s 2
t1
13.2
t1 = = 94.29 s
0.14
1
A2 = (13.2 )( 94.29 ) = 622.3 m
2

xB = ( xB )0 + A1
x A = ( x A )0 + A1 + A2

xB/ A = xB − x A = ( xB )0 − ( x A )0 − A2 , or 0 = d − A2

d = A2 d = 622 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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