Human reaction time is usually about 0.20 s. If your lab partner holds a ruler between your finger and thumb and releases it from rest without warning, how far can you expect the ruler to fall before you catch it?

Amachinist turns the power on to a grinding wheel, at rest, at time t = 0 s. the wheel accelerates uniformly for 10 s and reaches the operating angular velocity of 96 rad/s. the wheel is run at that angular velocity for 40 s and then power is shut off. the wheel slows down uniformly at 1.5 rad/s2 until the wheel stops. in this situation, the time interval of deceleration is closest to: