A car follows a slow moving truck (travelling at a speed of 10\,{m/s} ) on a two-lane two-way highway. The car reduces its speed to 10\,{mm/s} and follows the truck maintaining a distance of 16 \ {m} from the truck. On finding a clear gap in the opposing traffic stream, the car accelerates at an average rate of 4\,{m/s}², overtakes the truck and returns to its original lane. When it returns to its original lane, the distance between the car and the truck is 16\,{m}. The total distance covered by the car during this period (from the time it leaves its lane and subsequently returns to its lane after overtaking) is

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Correct Answer is : 72 m72\,{m}72m

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