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A person driving a car at 180km/h sees a fallen tree on the road. He brakes immediately upon seeing the obstacle and manged to stop the car
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A person driving a car at 180km/h sees a fallen tree on the road. He brakes immediately upon seeing the obstacle and manged to stop the car in 5 seconds. What was the acceleration of the car assuming it to be uniform?
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2021-08-29T14:35:26+00:00
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Answer: a = 10 m/s²
opposing original velocity.
Explanation:
180 km/hr (1000 m/km) /(3600 s/hr) = 50 m/s
a = Δv/t = (0 – 50) / 5 = -10 m/s²