Question

The LIDAR camera displays a beam of light to determine the speed of the car is going. Light travels at 9.84 x 10^8 ft/sec. If it takes the beam 4.5 x 10^-7 to reach the car and return. How far away is the car? (remember divide by 2)

Answer 1

We can use the speed of light formula to find the distance between the LIDAR camera and the car:

distance = (speed of light x time) / 2

where time is the time it takes for the beam of light to travel from the LIDAR camera to the car and back.

Plugging in the given values, we get:

distance = (9.84 x 10^8 ft/sec x 4.5 x 10^-7 sec) / 2

Simplifying the expression, we get:

distance = 2.205 ft

Therefore, the car is approximately 2.205 feet away from the LIDAR camera.