Question: A driver carelessly drives through a school zone at a speed of 90kmh and keeps traveling at a constant rate. A police officer sitting in

A driver carelessly drives through a school zone at a speed of 90kmh and keeps traveling at a constant rate. A police officer sitting in their car registers the speeder as he drives by, and after a 1.10 s delay, starts to pursue the offender with an acceleration of 5.00ms2.

  • Make a complete motion diagrams that might be used to model the motion of the two cars.
  • What distance does the careless driver cover before the officer starts to move?
  • How much time passes from when the speeder passes the police car and the cop catches up to the speeder?

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