Question

A train takes a long time to stop. that's what makes trains so dangerous to people who cross the tracks when one is near. If a train is traveling at 30 miles per hour south and takes 12 minutes to come to a stop, what's the train's acceleration?
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Answer 1

@pooja195 @jigglypuff314

Answer 2

@welshfella

Answer 3

I guess the answer would be 0.018625 meters/second(squared)

Answer 4

Acceleration=velocity/time so. velocity in SI Units is meters per second so we convert 30miles/hour to meters per second that is 13.41m/s and time's Si unit is seconds so convert 12 minutes into seconds is 720