A person driving her car at approaches an intersection

Chapter 2, Problem 73

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A person driving her car at approaches an intersection just as the traffic light turns yellow. She knows that the yellow light lasts only 2.0 s before turning to red, and she is 28 m away from the near side of the intersection (Fig. 249). Should she try to stop, or should she speed up to cross the intersection before the light turns red? The intersection is 15 m wide. Her cars maximum deceleration is whereas it can accelerate from to in 6.0 s. Ignore the length of her car and her reaction time

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