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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