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Bob Leave Memphis at 8:00 a.m. to drive to Johnson city,400 mi away. He travel a

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Question

Bob Leave Memphis at 8:00 a.m. to drive to Johnson city,400 mi away. He travel at a steady 50 mph. Bill  leave Memphis at 9:00 a.m and drives a steady 60mph.

Who get to Johnson city first?

How long does the first to arrive have to wait for the seconds?

I know the answers, bill get their first and he had to wait 20 minutes.

I drew a chart and it took me a while to get the answer. I want to know how to set it up with the KINEMATIC EQUATION

How do I use Uniform method where as Sf=Si+V*t

Sf= final position

Si=initial position

V= velocity

t=time


Explanation / Answer

bob takes time=400/50=8 hours

bill takes time=400/60=6.67 hours



so bob's time of arrival=8+8=16:00 hrs


bill's arrival time=9+6.67=15:40 hrs


so bill arrives early


b)bill has to wait for 20 minutes.




formula used=distance=veloicty*time


as velocity is uniform,acceleration=0