Question

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 you are driving 100 mi/hr?

Answer 1

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.