Problem 1. You are driving a car along a straight road at vo kph. Suddenly, you saw a cat crossing the road and you apply the brakes decelerating the car at a constant rate of acm/s?. If your reaction time is t, seconds, what is the shortest stopping distance from the moment you see the cat? Illustrate the problem.
Problem 1. You are driving a car along a straight road at vo kph. Suddenly, you saw a cat crossing the road and you apply the brakes decelerating the car at a constant rate of acm/s?. If your reaction time is t, seconds, what is the shortest stopping distance from the moment you see the cat? Illustrate the problem.
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Vo = 99 kph
ac = -33 m/s^2
tr = 1.75 s
Transcribed Image Text:Problem 1. You are driving a car along a straight road at vo kph. Suddenly, you saw
a cat crossing the road and you apply the brakes decelerating the car at a constant
rate of acm/s?. If your reaction time is t, seconds, what is the shortest stopping distance
from the moment you see the cat? Illustrate the problem.
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