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From: "Joe Heafner" <heafnerj@VNET.NET>
magnitude 6 m/s2. If Homer steps onto the road 50 m in front of your car,
Here's the problem if anyone is interested....
Assume that the brakes of your car can slow it with an acceleration of
what is the maximum speed you could be going in order to avoid hitting
Homer? Assume that it takes you 0.5 s to hit the brakes and that you have
constant acceleration during braking.
the list, I know who Homer is. ;-)I don't like problems involving potential harm to animals. For the rest of
Right! Better if some old Physics Professor steps out into the road! ;-)
Rick
Rick