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A car travelling ast 60 km/h overtakes another car travellign at 42 km/h. Assuming each car to be 5.0 m long, find the time taken during the overtake aned the total road distance used for the overtake.

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To solve the problem of a car overtaking another car, we can break it down into a series of steps: ### Step 1: Convert Speeds from km/h to m/s First, we need to convert the speeds of both cars from kilometers per hour (km/h) to meters per second (m/s). - Speed of Car 1 (overtaking car): \[ 60 \, \text{km/h} = 60 \times \frac{5}{18} = 16.66 \, \text{m/s} ...
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