A vehicle is accelerating at 12m/s2 along a flat road (with coefficientof friction = 0.3) for 5 seconds and suddenly hit the brakes 3 seconds after seeingan obstruction along its path. a. What is the braking distance? b. What is the stopping sight distance? c. Will it hit a pedestrian 600m away if it hit the brakes 1.33seconds late? (Note: Use the same vehicle speed with a and b)

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 A vehicle is accelerating at 12m/s2 along a flat road (with coefficientof friction = 0.3) for 5 seconds and suddenly hit the brakes 3 seconds after seeingan obstruction along its path.
a. What is the braking distance?
b. What is the stopping sight distance?
c.  Will it hit a pedestrian 600m away if it hit the brakes 1.33seconds late? (Note: Use the same vehicle speed with a and b)

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