January 18, 2008

Overtake problem

One truck which is long 6m, velocity 80 km/h started overtaking another truck which is 15m long and with velocity 65 km/h. How long does overtaking last, and how far is faster truck from initial postition if overtaking starts and ends when two trucks are at distance 30m?

Solution:
d1=6m
v1=80 km/h
d2=15m
v2=65 km/h
d=30 m












When slower truck pass path s2=v2t, faster car pass:
s1=v1t=d+d2+v2t+d+d1
from which we can calculate t,





Faster car from his initial position pass:

s1=v1t=432 m

We can see that if relative speed v1-v2 is less overtaking time is growing.

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