JEE Main Physics question

PhysicsMotion in a Straight LineJEE Main

A police car is travelling in a straight line with a constant speed . A truck travelling in the same direction with constant velocity passes the police car at . The police car starts accelerating 10 s after passing the truck, at a constant rate of 3 ms, while the truck continues to move at constant speed. If the police car takes 10 s further to catch the truck, find the value of .

Answer: (B)

Solution

At s: truck is at ; police car (moving at constant till then) is at — gap . Let be time after s. Police

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Question ID VK-151916