A 108 m long train starts from rest (at t = 0) and accelerates uniformly. At...

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A 108 m long train starts from rest (at t = 0) and acceleratesuniformly. At the same time (at t = 0), a car moving with constantspeed in the same direction reaches the back end of the train. At t= 12 s the car reaches the front of the train. However, the traincontinues to speed up and pulls ahead of the car. At t = 32 s, thecar is left behind the train. Determine, the car’s speed thetrain’s acceleration

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Speed of the car V Length of the train L 108 m Initial speed of the train V1 0 ms Acceleration of the train a T1 12 sec Distance traveled by the train in 12 sec D1    See Answer
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