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Two friends are having a race. The course that they are racing is 500 m long....

Two friends are having a race. The course that they are racing is 500 m long. Jurgen travels the first half (250 m) of the race at a constant speed of 4 m/s, then instantly increases his speed to 6 m/s and completes the second half of the race at this speed. Sven travels at 5 m/s for 475 m, then accelerates at a rate of 2 m/s2 , until he crosses the finish line. Who wins the race? What is the time interval that separates the racers?

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The person who will take less time to cover the distance will win the race.

Sven will win the race and time of separation is 6.535 seconds .

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genius_generous answered 2 years ago
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