8. Two trams, tram \(A\) and tram \(B\), run on parallel straight horizontal tracks. Initially the two trams are at rest in the depot and level with each other.
At time \(t = 0 , \operatorname { tram } A\) starts to move. Tram \(A\) moves with constant acceleration \(2 \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 2 }\) for 5 seconds and then continues to move along the track at constant speed.
At time \(t = 20\) seconds, tram \(B\) starts from rest and moves in the same direction as tram \(A\). Tram \(B\) moves with constant acceleration \(3 \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 2 }\) for 4 seconds and then continues to move along the track at constant speed.
The trams are modelled as particles.
- Sketch, on the same axes, a speed-time graph for the motion of tram \(A\) and a speed-time graph for the motion of tram \(B\), from \(t = 0\) to the instant when tram \(B\) overtakes \(\operatorname { tram } A\).
At the instant when the two trams are moving with the same speed, \(\operatorname { tram } A\) is \(d\) metres in front of tram \(B\).
- Find the value of \(d\).
- Find the distance of the trams from the depot at the instant when tram \(B\) overtakes \(\operatorname { tram } A\).
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