As soon as a car just starts from rest in a certain direction, a scooter moving with a uniform speed overtake the car. Their velocity- time graphs are shown in Fig. 3.38. Calculate (i) the difference between the distance travelled by the car and

the scooter in 15 s (ii) the time when the car will catch up the scooter and (iii) the distance of car and scooter from the starting point at that instant.

Answer

(i) 112.5 m (ii) 22.5 s (iii) 675 m