document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=198269>Question 198269</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> CAR X PASSES CAR Y AT 72 MPH.  CAR Y WAS AT A STANDSTILL.  IT TAKES CAR Y 2 MILES CATCH CAR X.  IF CAR X NEITHER ACCELERATE NOR DECELERATE, HOW FAST DOES CAR Y HAS TO GO TO CATCH UP WITH CAR X?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Car x at 72 mph travels 2 miles in 100 seconds, so car y has to get to the same point in 100 seconds.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "No info is given as to the acceleration of car y, so we'll assume it accelerates uniformly over the 2 miles, or 100 seconds.  If that assumption is not valid, more info must be provided.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Car y goes 2 miles in 100 seconds, 10560 feet in 100 seconds.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Its average speed is 105.6 ft/sec.  Since it starts at zero, its speed at the end of 2 miles is twice that, = 211.2 feet/second.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "211.2 fps = 144 mph.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is not a well posed problem, too much is left to assumption. </SPAN>\n" );
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