Please check -- Looking at phone while driving....

[Julie]

Homework Statement

If you are driving 36m/s (80mph) along a straight road and you look at your phone for two seconds, how far did you travel during this inattentive period?

Homework Equations

Please check accuracy of solution

The Attempt at a Solution

V= s/t s=vt (36)(2) = 72 meters or 72(0.000621371192) = 0.044738725824 mile
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[Chestermiller]

Homework Statement

If you are driving 36m/s (80mph) along a straight road and you look at your phone for two seconds, how far did you travel during this inattentive period?

Homework Equations

Please check accuracy of solution

The Attempt at a Solution

V= s/t s=vt (36)(2) = 72 meters or 72(0.000621371192) = 0.044738725824 mile[/B]

72 m is correct.

 

[Julie]

Thanks so much!