The Starship Enterprise returns from warp drive to ordinary space with a forward speed of 53 km/s . To the crew's great surprise, a Klingon ship is 100 km directly ahead, traveling in the same direction at a mere 26 km/s . Without evasive action, the Enterprise will overtake and collide with the Klingons in just about 3.7 s. The Enterprise's computers react instantly to brake the ship.
What magnitude acceleration does the Enterprise need to just
barely avoid a collision with the Klingon ship? Assume the
acceleration is constant.
Hint: Draw a position-versus-time graph
showing the motions of both the Enterprise and the Klingon ship.
Let x0 = 0km be the location of the Enterprise as it returns from
warp drive. How do you show graphically the situation in which the
collision is "barely avoided"? Once you decide what it looks like
graphically, express that situation mathematically.
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