Your summer job is with an automobile accident avoidance research team. The system they are investigating sends out infrared radiation from an avoidance device in the car. The infrared signal reflects from an object in front of the car and returns to the avoidance device. The device measures the time delay and is able to process the signal in 0.010s. If a hazard is indicated, the signal causes the car's brakes to be applied in another 0.060 s. The car can slow to a stop with an acceleration of 8.0 m/s^2. Determine the shortest distance to a stationary object on the freeway that can be avoided with this device if the car is traveling at 28 m/s (63 mph). Infrared radiation travels at a speed of 3.0 x 10^8 m/s
Your summer job is with an automobile accident avoidance research team. The system they are investigating sends out infrared
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