A distracted driver in a residential neighborhood is travelling at 25 miles per hour. The driver takes what they believe to be a brief 1 second look at a text that they have just received on a cell phone. In just one second, how far ( in feet) will the car travel if the driver fails to hit the breaks when a child and dog dart in front of the car.

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Q: If you drive from Santa Cruz to San Jose, and back to the same place you started in 1.5 hours. What…

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Q: Two cars are moving along a straight highway. Car P has a constant speed of 80 km/h and the speed of…

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Q: A race car traveling northward on a straight, level track at a constant speed travels 0.751 km in…

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Q: A person walks up a stalled 20 m long escalator in 80 s. When standing on the same escalator, now…

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Q: A thief is trying to escape from a parking garage after completing a robbery, and the thief’s car is…

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Q: A person falls from the top of a tall building.  To save the person, Spiderman launches himself…

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Q: The driver of a car is initially moving at a constant speed of 70.4 km/h when a traffic light turns…

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Q: How much time, at most, does the man have to get out of the way?

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Q: A driver is traveling 18.0 m/s when she sees a red light ahead. Her car is capable of decelerating…

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Q: A swimmer travels at 0.8 m/s heading south across a small lake. At the same time, a second swimmer…

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Q: A thief is trying to escape from a parking garage after completing a robbery, and the thief’s car is…

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Q: He spots a juicy one in the grass and takes off from our porch at 5.22 m/s. When he reaches the…

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Q: A stone is dropped from the top of a cliff. It is seen to hit the ground below after 3.78 ss . How…

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Q: A single-engine air plain starts its engine at one end of the runway. It accelerates at a constant…

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Q: A cannonball is fired at 175 (m/s), straight up in the air, by accident. Quickly realizing the…

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Distance and Speed

The speed, distance and time relation forms the basis of study of motion. You will need these concepts in the study of Mechanics. This concept is applicable for students who are studying the following courses –