Suppose you are driving 45mph and take your eyes off the road to answer a text for 4 sec. What’s the method to solve for the distance traveled by the car?

Question

use mathematical terms and explain the steps

Answer 1

distance = speed multiplied by time.

convert 4 sec to hours if you like.

a better way, knowing that 60 mph = 88 ft/sec, is to calculate 

d = ¾(88)(4) = 3(88) which is 264 ft.

 

DO NOT TEXT & DRIVE, ever!