A scooter starts from rest have an acceleration of while a car 150 m behind it starts from rest with an acceleration of . After how much time, the car catches up with the scooter? [BHU 2012]
Let after time t, car catches the scooter and the distance travelled by scooter in time t,
…(i)
The distance travelled by car in time t
…(ii)
Solving Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get