how do you figure out if you are stopped and car goes by u at 63mph,how far would he before you catchup to?

Question

if im at a stop facing north and a car goes by me going south at 63mph,how far would that car have traveled by the time i turn around and get going ,miles?how do you calculate this type of figure anyone know?

ok here it is a po clocks a car on a corner doing 63 in a 55 so the po pulles his car over lets the car pass then procides to turn aroundif the car passing him was doing 63 how far ahead of the po would car be?what needed to figure it out?u time something by something?????like 63*1.44??can anyone help like figuring accidents?

Answer 1

Depends on how you wanna calculate it.

If you're objective to find how much time from the moment you're starting to accelerate to the point you reach it, you need to use calculus since there's a rate of acceleration involved.

The easier way to do it is to just clock the amount of time needed to reach a certain speed (say 70mph) and then use algebra by dividing the distance travelled by the other car over your initially acceleration period followed by dividing THAT distance by the difference in your speeds (7mph here).

You can't use the second method though if your question assumes that you are accelerating to the point of reaching the other car. The reason is because the speed at which you do pass the other car is unknown, so you need calculus to define the amount of acceleration which has occured by the time you reached the other car.

Answer 2

it depends on your car's rate of acceleration - obviously, a ferrari would be able to catch up faster than a geo metro.