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A person is running at his maximum speed of 4 m/s to catch a train when he is 6 m from the door of the compartment, the train starts to leave the station at a constant acceleration of `1 m//s^(2)`, find how long it takes him to catch up the train.

A

2sec

B

3 sec

C

4sec

D

none

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The correct Answer is:
A
`d + (1)/(2)at^(2) = vt`
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