Whena driverbringsa cartoa stopbybrakingas hardas possible,the stoppingdistancecan be regardedas thesumof areactiondistance,whichisinitialspeedtimesreaction time,andbrakingdistance,whichisthedistancecovered duringbraking.The followingtablegives typicalvalues: (a)Whatreactiontimeisthedriverassumedtohave?(b)Whatisthecar'sstoppingdistanceiftheinitialspeedis 25 m/s?
Hrishant Goswami , 9 Years ago
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