SOLUTION: you are riding home from a party and the driver has been drinking. The car is traveling at 60 miles per hour. suddenly a child steps into the road ahead. because the driver has bee

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Question 134972: you are riding home from a party and the driver has been drinking. The car is traveling at 60 miles per hour. suddenly a child steps into the road ahead. because the driver has been drinking his reaction time has been slowed by one second. how far towards the impending accident will the car travel before the driver begins to stops? (note: This is equal the extra distance it will take to stop the car becuase the driver has been drinking
Answer by vleith(2983) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's get the answer in feet
60mile%2Fh+%2A+5280ft%2Fmile+%2A+1h%2F3600second+%2A+1second%29+
+88+feet
Thats a long way. So don't EVER drink and drive or ride in a car with someone who has been drinking.
Also notice how the "units" in the problem canceled out. Many times, units (feet, hour, miles, etc) can help you validate if an answer is correct or not. If the units endup being something that doesn't "make sense", then it is likely you did something wrong along the way.