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A bus moving at a speed of 80km/h is being overtaken by a car moving at 100km/h in a clear section of a road. Given that...

A bus moving at a speed of 80km/h is being overtaken by a car moving at 100km/h in a clear section of a road. Given
that the bus is 21m long and the car is 4m long.
(a) How much time (in seconds) will elapse before the car can completely overtake the bus?
(b) How much distance (in metres) will the car travel before it can completely overtake the bus?
(c) Given that as soon as the car completed overtaking the trailer, a bus heading towards the trailer and the car and
moving at a speed of 90km/h became visible to the car driver. It took exactly 18 seconds for the car and the bus to
completely by pass each other from the moment they first saw each other.
(i) How far was the tail of the bus from tail of the car at the instance they first saw each other giventhat the bus is 12 metres long?
(ii) How far a part was the trailer and the bus just immediately after the car and the bus had passed each other?

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sharon kalunda answered the question on April 26, 2019 at 12:46

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