Physics of Everyday Phenomena
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ISBN: 9781259894008
Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 2, Problem 15E
A car moving with an initial velocity of 32 m/s slows down at a constant rate of −4 m/s2.
- a. What is its velocity after 5 seconds of deceleration?
- b. What distance does the car cover in this time?
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