A driving instructor tells his student to maintain a 3 second separation between the students car and the car ahead.

Suppose the cars are traveling 25m/s. How many meters apart are the cars? If the trailing car brakes at 9m/s^2 how much distance is required to stop?

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Answer:

a) 75 m

b)

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