A car travelling at 60 km/h overtakes another car
travelling at 42 km/h. Assuming each car to be 5.0 m
long, find the time taken during the overtake and the
total road distance used for the overtake.
Asked by gargpuneet989
19th July 2018,
2:49 PM
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Answer:
Relative speed between both the cars is (60-42) = 18 km/hr = 5 m/s
both the cars have length 5 m, hece to cross completely required distance to be travelled is 10 m.
hence time taken to overtake = 10/5 = 2 seconds.
distance travelled by the overtaking car = 
Answered by Expert
19th July 2018,
7:02 PM
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