63. Braking Distances For a car traveling 65 kilometers per hour (km/h), the distance required to brake

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63. Braking Distances For a car traveling 65 kilometers per hour (km/h), the distance required to brake to a stop is normally distributed with a mean of 43 meters4 and a standard deviation of 5 meters. Suppose you are traveling 65 km/h in a residential area and a car moves abruptly into your path at a distance of 49 meters.

a. If you apply your brakes, what is the probability that you will brake to a stop within 37 meters or less?

Within 43 meters or less?

b. If the only way to avoid a collision is to brake to a stop, what is the probability that you will avoid the collision?

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Introduction To Probability And Statistics

ISBN: 9780357114469

15th Edition

Authors: William Mendenhall Iii , Robert Beaver , Barbara Beaver

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