A number of factors influence the distance a car travels before stopping when the brakes are applied, including initial speed of the car, the slope of the roadway, the car’s tire tread, and the roughness of the roadway. Suppose Ginny, a five-year-old child, is given a series of problems in which she is asked to predict which of two cars will travel the greatest distance before stopping when the brakes are applied. When solving such problems, Ginny is likely to ___.
a. consistently predict that the car with the greatest initial speed will travel farthest
b. consider both initial speed and tire tread when predicting which car will travel farthest
c. haphazardly guess which car will travel farthest on each problem
d. consider all of the relevant dimensions when predicting which car will travel farthest
a. consistently predict that the car with the greatest initial speed will travel farthest
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