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A woman driving a car 14 ft long is passing a truck 30 ft long. The truck is traveling at 50 mi/h. How fast must the woman drive her car so that she can pass the truck completely in 6 s, from the position shown in figure (A) to the position shown in figure (B)?
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document.write( "She would really have to be flying to pass that truck in\r\n" );
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document.write( "So in that 6 seconds, the front bumper of the \r\n" );
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document.write( "1. the 440 feet which the truck travels in 6 seconds.\r\n" );
document.write( "2. the 30 feet from the tailgate of the\r\n" );
document.write( "   truck to the front bumper of the truck.\r\n" );
document.write( "3. the 14 feet to get the back bumper of\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's a total of feet, which she\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's fast!!!  I don't she'll do it, do you?\r\n" );
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