The driver of a car is initially moving at a constant speed of 71.8 km/h when a traffic light turns red. If a 0.550 s reaction time is required before the brakes can be applied, what is the distance in meters traveled by the car before it begins to slow down?
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71.8km/hr * .550s = 39.49km-s/hr * 1hr/3600s * 1000m/km = 10.97m