Aminivan travels straight north in the right lane of a divided highway at 28.0 m/s. a camper passes the minivan and then changes from the left lane into the right lane. as it does so, the camper’s path on the road is a straight displacement at 8.508 east of north. to avoid cutting off the minivan, the north–south distance between the camper’s back bumper and the minivan’s front bumper should not decrease. (a) can the camper be driven to satisfy this requirement? (b) explain your answer.

the answer is a 3.8cm

explanation:

1.   what is light?

light is an electromagnetic wave visible to the human eye. 

2. what is a reflection?

the rebounding of a light ray when it hits a mirror.

3. what is the incident ray?

contacts the surface of an object.

4. what is the reflected ray?

bounces off a reflective surface.

5. what is the normal ray?

perpendicular to the surface of a mirror.

6. what is the angle of incidence?

an angle formed by the incident ray and the normal.

7. what is the angle of reflection?

an angle formed by the reflected ray and the normal.

8. what is refraction?

(bending.)

9. what is a converging lens?

bring together light rays that pass through.

10. what is a diverging lens?

spreads out light passing through.

11. focal point?

the real point where the refracted rays meet when the incident rays run parallel.

i copy pasted btw from an website..