Drag Length and Speed Traveling

Craig is an accident reconstructionist. He arrives at an accident where there are 4 skid marks of different lengths. He finds their measures average to 88.75 feet. It is an asphalt road with a drag factor of 0.64. What is the minimum speed the driver could have been going?

• 35.5 mph

• 38.2 mph

• 41.3 mph

• 46.2 mph

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CCSS.HSN.Q.A.1

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.2

Craig is an accident reconstructionist. He arrives at an accident where there are 4 skid marks of different lengths. He finds their measures average to 105 feet. It is an asphalt road with a drag factor of 0.4. What is the minimum speed the driver could have been going?

• 35.5 mph

• 38.2 mph

• 41.3 mph

• 46.2 mph

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.1

CCSS.HSN.Q.A.1

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.2

CCSS.HSA.REI.B.3

CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.1

Craig is an accident reconstructionist. He arrives at an accident where there are 4 skid marks of different lengths. He finds their measures average to 140 feet. It is an asphalt road with a drag factor of 1.2. What is the minimum speed the driver could have been going?

• 65 mph

• 74 mph

• 70 mph

• 71 mph

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.1

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.4

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

Craig is an accident reconstructionist. He arrives at an accident where there are 4 skid marks of different lengths. He finds their measures average to 157 feet. It is an asphalt road with a drag factor of 0.9. What is the minimum speed the driver could have been going?

• 65 mph

• 74 mph

• 70 mph

• 71 mph

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.1

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.4

CCSS.HSA.REI.B.3

Craig is an accident reconstructionist. He arrives at an accident where there are 4 skid marks of different lengths. He finds their measures average to 200 feet. It is an asphalt road with a drag factor of 0.2. What is the minimum speed the driver could have been going?

• 41.2 mph

• 38.9 mph

• 34.6 mph

• 55 mph

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CCSS.HSN.Q.A.1

What length skids could you assume would be made by a vehicle travelling 65 mph and braking to a complete halt on a dry asphalt road (drag factor = 0.8)?

• 176 ft

• 122 ft

• 235 ft

• 94 ft

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CCSS.8.EE.A.2

What length skids could you assume would be made by a vehicle travelling 55 mph and braking to a complete halt on a dry asphalt road (drag factor = 1.1)?

• 176 ft

• 102 ft

• 45 ft

• 92 ft

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CCSS.8.EE.A.2

What length skids could you assume would be made by a vehicle travelling 25 mph and braking to a complete halt on a wet icy road (drag factor = 0.1)?

• 176 ft

• 208 ft

• 254 ft

• 130 ft

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CCSS.8.EE.A.2

What length skids could you assume would be made by a vehicle travelling 46 mph and braking to a complete halt on a dry asphalt road (drag factor = 0.7)?

• 101 ft

• 106 ft

• 92 ft

• 130 ft

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CCSS.8.EE.A.2

What length skids could you assume would be made by a vehicle travelling 50 mph and braking to a complete halt on a wet icy road (drag factor = 0.1)?

• 1200 ft

• 833 ft

• 750 ft

• 867 ft

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CCSS.8.EE.A.2