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You are arguing over a cell phone while trailing an unmarked police car by 25 m, both your car and the police car are travelingat 120 km/hr. Your argument diverts your attention from the police car for 2.0 s ( long enough for you to look at the phone and yell, " I won't do that ! " ). At the beginning of that 2.0 s, the police officer begins braking suddenly at 5.0 m//s^(2). (a) What is the separation between the two cars when your attention finally returns ? Suppose that you take another 0.40 s to realize your danger and uegin braking . (b) If you too brake at 5.0 m//s^(2), what is your speed when you hit the police car ?

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ANSWER :(a) 15.0 m;(B) `~~` 28.9 m/s, or 104 km/h


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