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5 April, 23:15

Suppose a car is traveling at + 25.0 m/s, and the driver sees a traffic light turn red. After 0.340 s has elapsed (the reaction time), the driver applies the brakes, and the car decelerates at 7.00 m/s2.

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  1. 6 April, 00:47
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    First, we will get the distance traveled before the driver applied the brakes.

    distance = velocity * time

    distance = 25*0.34 = 8.5 m

    Now, we will calculated the distance that the car traveled after the driver applied the brakes. To do this, we will use the equation of motion:

    vf^2 = vi^2 + 2*a*d where:

    vf = zero, vi = 25 m/s and a = - 7 m/s^2

    Note: The negative sign is only to show deceleration

    d = 1/2 * (625) / (7) = 44.6428 m

    The total stopping distance = 8.5 + 44.6428 = 53.1428 m
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