Car B is traveling a distance d ahead of car A. Both cars are travelling at 60 ft/s when the driver of Bsuddenly applies the brakes, causing his car to decelerate at 12 ft/s^2. It takes the driver of Car A 0.75seconds to react (this is the normal reaction time for drivers). When he applies his brakes, hedecelerates at 15 ft/s^2. Determine the minimum distance d between the cars so as to avoid a collision.a. 15.0 ft b. 20.3 ftc. 16.9 ftd. 12.1 ft

Solution: As per the given data, The schematic view of two cars is shown below:

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