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A car with a crashtest dummy inside travels at 40.23 m/s (90 mph) toward a stone wall during a crash test. When it strikes the wall, the car
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A car with a crashtest dummy inside travels at 40.23 m/s (90 mph) toward a stone wall during a crash test. When it strikes the wall, the car takes 0.70 s to stop. Calculate the deceleration of the car.
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Answer:
The answer is [tex]-57.47m/s^{2}[/tex]
Explanation:
In the question we are to solve for the deceleration of the car on impact.
Given data
[tex]speed= 40.23m/s\\[/tex]
[tex]time[/tex] =[tex]0.70second[/tex]
To determine the deceleration we apply,
[tex]acceleration = \frac{speed}{time} \\\\acceleration= \frac{40.23}{0.7}[/tex]
[tex]acceleration = -57.47m/s^{2}[/tex]