To calculate: To determine how far the police must travel before they are able to stop a car. The idea is that they should both travel the same distance.
The time taken for the police car to catch up the other car is
Given information: The car is moving at a rate of
Calculation:
Since the car is moving at a rate of
The distance passes is
The distance of the police car is given by
Now solving the equation,
By solving to get
Since time cannot be zero, the time taken for the police car to catch the other car is
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