A motorist traveling at 55 mi / h down a grade of 5% on a highway observes a crash ahead of him ,involving an overturned truck that is completely blocking the road .If the motorist was able to stop his vehicle 30 ft from the overturned truck ,what was his distance from the truck when he first observed the crash? Assume perception-reaction time =2.5. f=0.35.
A motorist traveling at 55 mi / h down a grade of 5% on a highway observes a crash ahead of him ,involving an overturned truck that is completely blocking the road .If the motorist was able to stop his vehicle 30 ft from the overturned truck ,what was his distance from the truck when he first observed the crash? Assume perception-reaction time =2.5. f=0.35.
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Transcribed Image Text:A motorist traveling at 55 mi / h down a grade of 5% on a highway
observes a crash ahead of him ,involving an overturned truck that is
completely blocking the road .If the motorist was able to stop his vehicle
30 ft from the overturned truck ,what was his distance from the truck
when he first observed the crash? Assume perception-reaction time =2.5.
f=0.35.
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