Homework Help: Physics

Posted by Katie on Monday, September 5, 2011 at 9:08pm.

Police find skid marks 66 m long on the highway showing where the car made an emergency stop. Assuming that the acceleration was -10 m/s2 (about the maximum for dry pavement), how fast was the car going?

Physics - bobpursley, Monday, September 5, 2011 at 9:11pm
Vf^2=Vi^2+2ad where Vf=0, solve for Vi

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