Final answer:
After converting the car's speed into the same unit as the pigeon's speed, it is determined that the car is traveling faster than the pigeon, meaning the pigeon will not overtake the car.
Step-by-step explanation:
The question is asking if a pigeon flying at a speed of 15 m/s will overtake a car moving at a speed of 80 km/h. To answer this, we need to compare the speeds in the same unit of measurement. First, we convert the car's speed from km/h to m/s by dividing by 3.6 (80 km/h / 3.6 = 22.22 m/s). Since 22.22 m/s is greater than 15 m/s, we can conclude that (a) the car goes over the top at faster than this speed, meaning the pigeon will not be able to overtake the car.