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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 9:55am.

the brakes of a 1000kg car exert a force pf 5000N. How long will it take for them to slow the car to a stop from an initial speed of 24m/s?

physics - drwls, Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 10:49am
Try using the equation

F = m a

You know F amd m. Solve for the deceleration rate, a.

The time it takes to stop is Vo/a, where Vo is the initial velocity.

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