If an average car is about 16 feet long, about how many car lengths should you have between you and that car in front of you if

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3 years ago

9

you are driving 100 mi/hr?

1 answer:

Elden [556K] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-08T03:59:04+03:00

Answer: 9 cars.

Step-by-step explanation:

given data:

average length of a car = 16feet

speed of the driver = 100miles/hr

Solution:

First we would need to convert the Speed of the car from miles/hr to Feet/secs.

To do this we know that 1mile/hr = 1.467 feet/secs

= 100m/hr * 1.467

= 146.7Feet/secs.

So now the number of cars between him would be

= 146.7Feet/secs / 16

= 9.17

approximately there should be 9 cars between you.