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11.71 A car and a truck are both traveling at the constant speed of 35 mi/h; Problems
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the car is 40 ft behind the truck. The driver of the car wants to
pass the truck, i.e., he wishes to place his car at B, 40 ft in front
of the truck, and then resume the speed of 35 mi/h. The maximum
acceleration of the car is 5 ft/s2 and the maximum deceleration
obtained by applying the brakes is 20 ft/s2. What is the shortest
time in which the driver of the car can complete the passing opera-
tion if he does not at any time exceed a speed of 50 mi/h? Draw
the v–t curve.

A B

40 ft 50 ft 40 ft
16 ft
Fig. P11.71

11.72 Solve Prob. 11.71, assuming that the driver of the car does not pay
any attention to the speed limit while passing and concentrates on
reaching position B and resuming a speed of 35 mi/h in the short- 40ft
est possible time. What is the maximum speed reached? Draw the
v–t curve.

11.73 An elevator starts from rest and moves upward, accelerating at a

rate of 1.2 m/s2 until it reaches a speed of 7.8 m/s, which it then
maintains. Two seconds after the elevator begins to move, a man
standing 12 m above the initial position of the top of the elevator
throws a ball upward with an initial velocity of 20 m/s. Determine
when the ball will hit the elevator. Fig. P11.74

11.74 The acceleration record shown was obtained for a small airplane
traveling along a straight course. Knowing that x 5 0 and v 5
60 m/s when t 5 0, determine (a) the velocity and position of the
plane at t 5 20 s, (b) its average velocity during the interval 6 s ,
t , 14 s.
a (m/s2)

11.75 Car A is traveling on a highway at a constant speed (vA)05 60 mi/h

and is 380 ft from the entrance of an access ramp when car B 0.75
enters the acceleration lane at that point at a speed (vB)0 5 15 mi/h. 6 8 10
0
Car B accelerates uniformly and enters the main traffic lane after 12 14 20 t(s)
traveling 200 ft in 5 s. It then continues to accelerate at the same –0.75
rate until it reaches a speed of 60 mi/h, which it then maintains.
Determine the final distance between the two cars. Fig. P11.74

380 ft

A (vA)0

(vB)0
B

Fig. P11.75