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PROPRIETARY MATERIAL. © 2013 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this Manual may be displayed, reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, or used beyond the limited distribution to teachers and educators permitted by McGraw-Hill for their individual course preparation. If you are a student using this Manual, you are using it without permission. 49 PROBLEM 11.39 As relay runner A enters the 20-m-long exchange zone with a speed of 12.9 m/s, he begins to slow down. He hands the baton to runner B 1.82 s later as they leave the exchange zone with the same velocity. Determine (a) the uniform acceleration of each of the runners, (b) when runner B should begin to run. SOLUTION (a) For runner A: 2 0 1 0 ( ) 2A A Ax v t a t= + + At 1.82 s:t = 21 20 m (12.9 m/s)(1.82 s) (1.82 s) 2 Aa= + or 22.10 m/sAa = − Also 0( )A A Av v a t= + At 1.82 s:t = 2 1.82( ) (12.9 m/s) ( 2.10 m/s )(1.82 s) 9.078 m/s Av = + − = For runner B: [ ]2 0 2 0B B Bv a x= + − When 220 m, : (9.078 m/s) 2 (20 m)B B A Bx v v a= = = or 22.0603 m/sBa = 22.06 m/sBa = (b) For runner B: 0 ( )B B Bv a t t= + − where Bt is the time at which he begins to run. At 1.82 s:t = 29.078 m/s (2.0603 m/s )(1.82 )sBt= − or 2.59 sBt = − Runner B should start to run 2.59 s before A reaches the exchange zone.