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Chapter 2, Problem 41P
(II) A car traveling 85 km/h slows down at a constant 0.50 m/s2 just by “letting up on the gas.” Calculate (a) the distance the car coasts before it stops, (b) the time it takes to stop, and (c) the distance it travels during the first and fifth seconds.
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