A biophysics student measures her reaction time by having a friend drop a meterstick between her

fingers. The meterstick falls 0.300 meters before she catches it.

(a) What is her reaction time?
(b) Estimate the minimum average speed of nerve impulses going from her eye to her brain and then
back to her hand.

1 answer

a. h = 0.5*g*t^2 = 0.4 m.
g = 9.8 m/s^2.
t = ?