A driver of a car traveling at 52 km h¹ applies the brakes and accelerates uniformly in the opposite direction. The car stops in 5 s. Another driver going at 3 km h¨¹ in another car applies his brakes slowly and stops in 10 s. On the same graph paper, plot the speed versus time graphs for the two cars. Which of the two cars traveled farther after the brakes were applied?

A driver of a car traveling at 52 km h¹ applies the brakes and accelerates uniformly in the opposite direction. The car stops in 5 s. Another driver going at 3 km h¨¹ in another car applies his brakes slowly and stops in 10 s. On the same graph paper, plot the speed versus time graphs for the two cars. Which of the two cars traveled farther after the brakes were applied?

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A driver of a car traveling at 52 km h¹ applies the brakes and accelerates uniformly
in the opposite direction. The car stops in 5 s. Another driver going at 3 km h¹ in
another car applies his brakes slowly and stops in 10 s. On the same graph paper,
plot the speed versus time graphs for the two cars. Which of the two cars traveled
farther after the brakes were applied?

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