Physics Question! Two cars moving at once! Please help, i am stuck!?

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Suppose that a senior driving a Pontiac zooms out of a darkened tunnel at 36.1 m/s. She is momentarily blinded by the sunshine. When she recovers, she sees that she is fast overtaking a camper ahead in her lane moving at the slower speed of 13.3 m/s. She hits the brakes as fast as she can (her reaction time is 0.40 s). If she can decelerate at 3.0 m/s2, what is the minimum distance between the driver and the camper when she first sees it so that they do not collide

A clear explanation would be much appreciated! I've been working on it for a while and the fact that there are two cars is just confusing me!!!
 
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