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On a two-lane road, car  is travelling with a speed of . Two cars  and  approach car  in opposite directions with a speed of  each. At a certain instant, when the distance  is equal to , both being 1 km,  decides to overtakes  before  does. What minimum acceleration of car  is required to avoid an accident?



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On a two-lane road, car  is travelling with a speed of . Two cars  and  approach car  in opposite directions with a speed of  each. At a certain instant, when the distance  is equal to , both being 1 km,  decides to overtakes  before  does. What minimum acceleration of car  is required to avoid an accident?

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Answer Key / Explanation : (1) -

(1)

The situation can be roughly shown in the figure. Let  take time  to overtake

Here

Let acceleration of  be  for overtaking

and  s

Using

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