Homework Help: physics

Posted by tom on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 7:15pm.

A 2200 kg car is travelling at 45 km per hour when its brakes are applied and it skids to a stop. If the coefficient of friction between the road and the tires is 0.70 how far does the car go before stopping?

physics - bobpursley, Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 8:01pm
Vf^2=Vi^2+2ad where a= -F/mass=-mu*mg/m=-mu*g

solve for d.

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