A car traveling at a constant speed of 26.0 m/s passes a trooper hidden behind a billboard.
A car traveling at a constant speed of 26.0 m/s passes a trooper hidden behind a billboard. One second after the speeding car passes the billboard, the trooper sets off in chase with a constant acceleration of 3.80 m/s2. How long does it take the trooper to overtake the speeding car? Solve this problem by a graphical method. On the same graph, plot position versus time for the car and the trooper.
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