P1-5

The lead cyclist is traveling 12m/s and the trailing cyclist is overtaking him, traveling at 12.2m/s. The lead cyclist perceives he is about to be passed when his lead has been reduced to 1m. At that instant, the lead cyclist begins accelerating at 0.5m/s^2. The trailing cyclist sees the leader begin accelerating and accelerates at 0.6deltadeltadeltadelta m/s^2, 0.5 seconds later. The lead cyclist is capable of sustaining that acceleration for 5 second while the trailing cyclist is able to sustain the acceleration for 6 seconds. When the 6 seconds are ended and neither cyclist is still accelerating, who is ahead and by how much? Sketch the s-t, v-t and a-t diagrams. How far has the trailing cyclist traveled during the maneuver?