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Two bodies start moving in the same straight line at the same instant of time from the same origin.The first body moves with a constant velocity of `40 m/s` and the second starts from rest with a constant acceleration of `4m/s^2`.
a)What is uniform speed?
b)Find the time that elapses before the second catches the first body.

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