document.write( "Question 1165533: A car is speeding past a stopped police officer at 100km/h, how long would it take the police officer to catch up to him at an acceleration of 3.6m/s? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #790035 by ikleyn(52787) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "The equation says:  the distance covered by the police officer is equal to that covered by a violator.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Express all given data in uniform (consistent) system of units and solve the equation then\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "Comment from student: Thanks for answering my question, but I'm a little confused on the last equation.
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