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A bus starts form rest with an acceleration of `5 m s^(-2)` A man who is on a motorcyle, 24 m behind the bust, overtakes, the bus in 2s. If the motorcyclist moves with uniform velocity, find his velocity

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(i) What is the initial velocity and acceleration of the bus?
Find the distance travelled by the bus in 2 s, by using the formula, `s=ut +(1)/(2) at^(2)" " (1)`
Is the distance travelled by the motorcycle equal to (s + 24) m? `" " (2)`
Find the time taken by the motorcycle to overtake the bus.
Find the velocity of the motorcycle from the formula, distance/time.
(ii) Uniform velocity of the motorcyclist = 17 m `s^(-1)`
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