*35.  In a historical movie, two knights on horseback start from rest 88.0 m apart and ride directly toward each other to do battle. Sir George’s acceleration has a magnitude of 0.300 m/s2, while Sir Alfred’s has a magnitude of 0.200 m/s2. Relative to Sir George’s starting point, where do the knights collide?

 

 

We know the following  ,  and   , also  , and  , finally we know they must have a common time t.

Basic Equation is

Each rider gets one

 

 

So use the George equation to solve for

 

Now plug that into Alfred equation

 

 

Solve for d

 

 

 

 

 

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