A car stops 4 seconds after the application of the brakes while covering a rectilinear stretch 337 feet long. If the motion occurred with a constant acceleration a, determine the initial speed of the car and the acceleration a. Express v in mile-per-hour (mph) and a in terms of g, the acceleration of gravity. S

A car stops 4 seconds after the application of the brakes while covering a rectilinear stretch 337 feet long. If the motion occurred with a constant acceleration a, determine the initial speed of the car and the acceleration a. Express v in mile-per-hour (mph) and a in terms of g, the acceleration of gravity. S

Traffic and Highway Engineering

5th Edition

ISBN:9781305156241

Author:Garber, Nicholas J.

Publisher:Garber, Nicholas J.

Chapter3: Characteristics Of The Driver, The Pedestrian, The Bicyclist, The Vehicle, and The Road

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 10P

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