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skysunsand
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Homework Statement
You're driving down the highway late one night at 20 m/s when a deer steps onto the road 35 m in front of you. Your reaction time before stepping on the brakes is 0.50 s, and the maximum deceleration of your car is 10 m/s^2.
How much distance is between you and the deer when you come to a stop?
and
What is the maximum speed you could have and not hit the deer?
Homework Equations
I know we have to use both of these equations-
x= x0 + v0t+ 1/2at^2
and
v=v0+at
The Attempt at a Solution
Reaction time eats up .5 of your seconds, so in the other half of a second, you are now 25 m from the deer.
So for you, x=20t+1/2at^2
And then your velocity-
v= 20+at
Then for the deer, since he's doing nothing, he would be
x=25? Because he's not doing anything else but standing 25 feet away?
And then his velocity wouldn't exist?
So then what would you do to solve this?