Forces, stopping and braking

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An autonomous delivery rover of total mass m m\,m is travelling at a constant speed v v\,v along a horizontal track. Its collision-avoidance sensors have a latency (reaction time) of τ \tau\,τ seconds before they can trigger the brakes. Once triggered, the brakes apply a constant opposing braking force F F\,F until the rover comes to a complete stop.

Which of the following modifications would increase the total stopping distance of the rover by the greatest factor?

Doubling the total mass mmm of the rover

Doubling the sensor latency time τ\tauτ

Doubling the initial speed vvv of the rover

Reducing the constant braking force FFF by half

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