Two cars travel on the parallel lanes of a two-lane road. The cars’ motions are represented by the position versus time graph shown in the figure. Answer the questions using the times from the graph indicated by letters.
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a)At which of the times do the two cars pass each other?
b)At which of the lettered times, if any, does car #1 momentarily stop?
c)At which of the lettered times, if any, does car #2 momentarily stop?
d)At which of the lettered times are the cars moving with nearly identical velocity?
Answers
a) Time D is the only one where both are at the same position at the same time.
b) Car A momentarily stops at time C.
c) None.
d) Time D.