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Reaction Time and Thinking Distance
The reaction time of the driver was measured.
How can the reaction time of the driver be used to calculate the thinking distance?
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- 1 States that thinking distance is found by multiplying the car's speed by the reaction time.
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Multiply the speed of the car by the driver's reaction time.
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Divide the speed by the reaction time.
Thinking distance uses the distance relationship, so speed and reaction time must be multiplied.