You're driving down the highway late one night at 16m/s when a deer steps onto the road 44m in front of you. Your reaction time before stepping on the brakes is 0.50s , and the maximum deceleration of your car is 10m/s2 .

What is the maximum speed you could have and still not hit the deer?

The answer is 25 m/s. I don't know how to solve this though! Can anyone help?

Question

You're driving down the highway late one night at 16m/s when a deer steps onto the road 44m in front of you. Your reaction time before stepping on the brakes is 0.50s , and the maximum deceleration of your car is 10m/s2 .

What is the maximum speed you could have and still not hit the deer?

The answer is 25 m/s. I don't know how to solve this though! Can anyone help?

anonymous · Answer

Is this a calculus based class?