<PRE><B>Question 631821</B>
a car traveling at 60 km/hr overtakes another car traveling at 42 km/hr. 
Assuming each car to be 5.0 m long, find the time taken during the overtake and the total distance used for the overtake
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Find the time (in seconds) required to pass the car
Change 5 m to km: 5/1000 = .005 km is the length of the car
:
time = {{{.005/(60-42)}}} * 3600 = 10 seconds
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Find the distance required to accomplish the pass
{{{10/3600}}} * 60 * 1000 = 166{{{2/3}}} meters

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