a person driving the car with a speed of 72km/hr suddenly sees a boy crossing the road. If thecdistance moved by thecar, before the person applies the brakes is 5m the reaction time of the person is?

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Let t be the reaction time and a be the acceleration of car
Initial  speed of the car (u) = 72 km/h = 20 m/s
Final speed (v) =0
Distance covered (s) = 5 m
v2-u2=2as0-202=2a5a=-40m/s2v=u+at0=20m/s -40m/stt=2040s=0.5sReaction time is 0.5 seconds.


 

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