(a)
The stopping distance on a dry as well as wet pavement of a car using the given functions where the speed of the car is 35 miles/hour.The functions on dry pavement and wet pavement are as follows:
Dry pavement
Wet pavement
Where f(x) is the stopping distance and x is the speed of the car.
(b)
The graph which represents the stopping distance for a dry pavement and the one for the wet pavement out of the given graphs.
(c)
How accurate are the calculated answers to the ones in the graph.
(d)
To Calculate: The speed at which the stopping distance will exceed 540 feet on a dry pavement using the function. Dry pavement
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