A student is speeding down Route 11 in his fancy red Porsche

Last updated: 1/18/2023

A student is speeding down Route 11 in his fancy red Porsche when his radar system warns him of an obstacle 400 feet ahead He immediately applies the brakes starts to slow down and spots a skunk in the road directly ahead of him The black box in the Porsche records the car s speed every two seconds producing the following table The speed decreases throughout the 10 seconds it takes to stop although not necessarily at a uniform rate Time since brakes applied sec 0 2 4 6 8 10 Speed ft sec 120 85 50 20 15 0 A Use a left hand sum and right hand sum to estimate the total distance the student s car traveled before coming to rest left hand sum right hand sum include units B Which one of the following statements can you justify from the information given A The car stopped before getting to the skunk B The skunk was hit by the car C The black box data is inconclusive The skunk may or may not have been hit