Driving home from school one day you spot a ball rolling out into the street (Figure 5-18). You brake for 1.20 s, slowing your 960 kg car from 16.0 m/s to 9.50 m/s. How far did you travel while breaking?

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anonymous · Answer

i think the q's incomplete... is the retardation or a figure given?

anonymous · Answer

sorry..my bad... eqn of motion v=u+at (usual symbols). you'll find the value of a(acceleration; it'll be nagetive) then use s=ut+1/2*at^2(s is the distance u require... does that help???