Car A is traveling at 22.0 m/s and car B at 29.0 m/s. Car A is 300 m behind car B when the driver of car A accelerates his car with a uniform forward acceleration of 2.40 m/ $s ^ { 2 }$ . How long after car A begins to accelerate does it take car A to overtake car B?
A) 5.50 s
B) 12.6 s
C) 19.0 s
D) 316 s
E) Car A never overtakes car B.

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To find the time it takes for car A to overtake car B, we set the distance traveled by both cars equal. Using the equations of motion, we solve for time and find it to be approximately 19.0 seconds.

Car a Is Traveling at 22 s2s ^ { 2 }s2

Car a Is Traveling at 22 $s ^ { 2 }$