Question

Q1: A cyclist brakes to a stop. His thinking distance was 1m and his braking distance was 3m. What was his overall stopping distance?
Q2: A car driver notices that there is a red light coming up. He brakes and stops in a total distance of 52 metres. If his thinking distance was 15 metres, what was his braking distance?

Q3: A car takes 76 metres to stop once a driver has noticed a hazard. If the thinking distance of the driver was 14m and the speed of the car was 8m/s how long did it take the brakes to slow the car down to a stop?

Q4: A lorry travels 28m when stopping from a speed of 4m/s. If its braking distance was 18m, what was the driver’s reaction time?

Q5: Car 1 brakes to a stop on a dry road. Car 2 does the same thing, at the same speed, on a road where it has been raining.

Answer 1

Answer:

1.) 4m

2.) 37 m

3.) 62m

4.) 2.5 s

Explanation:

1.) Given that the

Thinking distance = 1m

Breaking distance = 3m

Stopping distance = breaking distance + thinking distance

Stopping distance = 1 + 3 = 4m

2.) Given that the

Stopping distance = 52 m

Thinking distance = 15m

Breaking distance = 52 - 15 = 37m

3.) The stopping distance = 76m

Thinking distance = 14m

Breaking distance = 76 - 14 = 62m

It take the brakes 62m to slow the car down to a stop.

4.) Given that a lorry travels 28m when stopping from a speed of 4m/s. If its braking distance was 18m, what was the driver’s reaction time?

Thinking = stopping distance - braking distance

Thinking distance = 28 - 18 = 10m

Speed = distance/time

4 = 10/reaction time

Reaction time = 10/4

Reaction time = 2.5 s

5.) Question incomplete