Homework Help: Phisics

Posted by Adnane on Sunday, September 18, 2011 at 7:02pm.

A car moving at 62 mi/h can be brought to rest in 4.8 s. Assuming that the deceleration is uniform, how far will the car travel between the time the brakes are applied and the time the car stops?

Phisics - bobpursley, Sunday, September 18, 2011 at 7:36pm
change mi/hr to m/s
Vf=vi+at solve for a, then
Vf^2=Vi^2+2ad solve for d

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