Suppose that an xuv and a bike will have a race. At what time will the xuv overtake the bike given that accleration of xuv is a and it velocity is b. And the bike has c as its acceleration and d as velocity.

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theeric · Answer

Hi!

Since I deal with physics variables a lot, I see "$a$" and think "acceleration," and I see "$d$" and I think distance. So I'll do this:
$$a\rightarrow a_{xuv}\b\rightarrow v_{xuv}\c\rightarrow a_{bike}\d\rightarrow v_{bike}$$Where "$a$" variables are for acceleration, and "$v$" variables are for velocity.

Now, I think we need to know where the xuv and bike are in relation to each other in this race. Also, are the velocities maximum velocities? So the vehicles start together and accelerate until that velocity? Also, since they are just variables, there is a lot of algebra to do, and it's possible they never pass each other.

Is there any more information on this problem?