SOLUTION: The distance it takes to stop a car varies directly as as the square of the speed of the car. It takes 112 feet for a car traveling at 40 miles per hour to stop, what distance is
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Question 102978: The distance it takes to stop a car varies directly as as the square of the speed of the car. It takes 112 feet for a car traveling at 40 miles per hour to stop, what distance is required for a speed of 62 miles per hour? Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! where k is some constant. Use the values provided to calculate k. Multiplicative inverse of with units of
Your equation is then
For a speed of 62 mph,
Distance = 269.1 feet
