3. "Crazy drunk drivers."-Guy sleeping on bench in Back To The Future While you're driving, a distracted driver almost hits the car, but you manage to brake in time. When driving on dry asphalt, the distance in feet, d, to stop a car going S miles per hour is modeled by the formula: S = V22.5d If you were driving at 45mph at the time of the near-accident, how many feet did it take for you to stop?

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3. "Crazy drunk drivers."-Guy sleeping on bench in Back To The Future
While you're driving, a distracted driver almost hits the car, but you manage to brake in time.
When driving on dry asphalt, the distance in feet, d, to stop a car going S miles per hour is
modeled by the formula:
S= V22.5d
If you were driving at 45mph at the time of the near-accident, how many feet did it take for vou
to stop?
Transcribed Image Text:3. "Crazy drunk drivers."-Guy sleeping on bench in Back To The Future While you're driving, a distracted driver almost hits the car, but you manage to brake in time. When driving on dry asphalt, the distance in feet, d, to stop a car going S miles per hour is modeled by the formula: S= V22.5d If you were driving at 45mph at the time of the near-accident, how many feet did it take for vou to stop?
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