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Posted by CL on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 4:41pm.

4) An aircraft has a landing velocity of 50 ms-1 and decelerates uniformly at 10 ms-2 to rest . Calculate:
(a) the time taken to slow down to this velocity
(b) the distance covered during the deceleration

physics - bobpursley, Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 4:44pm
formulas you can use:
vf=vi+at a is given as -10m/s^2
solve for time

Vf^2=Vi^2+2ad solve for distance.

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