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RearendingDragRacer
Todemonstratethetremendousaccelerationofatopfueldragracer,
youattempttorunyourcarintothebackofadragsterthatis"burning
out"attheredlightbeforethestartofarace.(Burningoutmeans
spinningthetiresathighspeedtoheatthetreadandmaketherubber
sticky.)
Youdriveataconstantspeedofv 0 towardthestoppeddragster,not
slowingdowninthefaceoftheimminentcollision.Thedragsterdriver
seesyoucomingbutwaitsuntilthelastinstanttoputdownthe
hammer,acceleratingfromthestartinglineatconstantacceleration,a.
Letthetimeatwhichthedragsterstartstoacceleratebet = 0 .
PartA
Whatistmax ,thelongesttimeafterthedragsterbeginstoacceleratethatyoucanpossiblyrunintothebackofthedragster
ifyoucontinueatyourinitialvelocity?
Hint1.Calculatethevelocity
Attmax ,whatwillthevelocityofthedragcarbe?
Youranswershouldnotcontaintmax ,asthattimeisnotyetknown.
Hint1.Considerthespeedofbothcars
Nocollisioncanoccurifthedragsterhasgreaterspeedthanthespeedofthecarbehindit.
ANSWER:
v d (t max ) = v0
ANSWER:
v0
t max = a
Correct
PartB
Assumingthatthedragsterhasstartedatthelastinstantpossible(soyourfrontbumperalmosthitstherearofthedragster
att =tmax ),findyourdistancefromthedragsterwhenhestarted.Ifyoucalculatepositionsonthewaytothissolution,
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choosecoordinatessothatthepositionofthedragcaris0att = 0 .Rememberthatyouaresolvingforadistance(whichis
amagnitude,andcanneverbenegative),notaposition(whichcanbenegative).
Hint1.Dragcarpositionattimetmax
Takingx = 0 atthepositionofthedragsteratt = 0 ,findxd (tmax ) ,thepositionofthedragsterattmax .
Expressyouranswerintermsoftmax andgivenquantities.
ANSWER:
2
xd (t max ) = 1
atmax .
2
Hint2.Distancecartravelsuntiltmax
FindDcar ,thedistanceyoutravelfromt = 0 totmax .
ANSWER:
Dcar = v 0 t max
Hint3.Startingpositionofcar
ExpressDcar ,thedistancethecartravelsintermsofthestartingdistanceofthecarfromthestartinglineattime
t = 0 ,Dstart ,andthepositionofthedragcarattimet max ,xd (t max ) .NotethatDstart isadistanceandcan'tbe
negative.Thisshouldaffectyouruseofsigns.
ANSWER:
Hint4.ObtainingtheSolution
Equateyourtwoexpressionsforthedistancetraveledbythecaruptotmax ,substitutefortmax intermsofv 0 anda,
andsolveforDstart ,theinitialdistanceofthecarfromthestartingline.Youranswershouldbeintermsofv 0 anda.
ANSWER:
2
v0 v0
Dstart = v0
1
( ) a
a 2 a
Correct
PartC
Findnumericalvaluesfortmax andDstart insecondsandmetersforthe(reasonable)values
v 0 = 60 mph (26.8m/s)anda = 50 m/s .
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Separateyourtwonumericalanswersbycommas,andgiveyouranswertotwosignificantfigures.
ANSWER:
,
t max Dstart = 0.54,7.2 s,m
Correct
Thebluecurveshowshowthecar,initiallyatx0 ,continuesatconstantvelocity(blue)andjustbarelytouchesthe
acceleratingdragcar(red)attmax .
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