Ruth asks…You're driving down the highway late one night at 17m/s when a deer steps onto the road 38m in front of you?Your reaction time before stepping on the brakes is 0.50s, and the maximum deceleration of your car is 12m/s.How much distance is between you and the deer when you come to a stop? What is the maximum speed you could have and still not hit the deer?Nancy answers:You take 0.5 seconds to react....at that time you could have travelled some distance and that is given by,
d = speed
