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Chapter 2 Problem 57P

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IP You are driving through town at \(12.0 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}\) when suddenly a ball rolls out in front of you. You apply the brakes and begin decelerating at \(3.5 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}^{2}\). (a) How far do you travel before stopping? (b) When you have traveled only half the distance in part (a), is your speed \(6.0 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}\), greater than \(6.0 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}\), or less than \(6.0 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}\)? Support your answer with a calculation.

Solution

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Part (a)

We are driving a car at an initial speed and we apply a sudden brake so that the car decelerates at a constant rate. We are going to find the distance traveled by the car when it is at rest. Since the deceleration is constant, we can able to use the equations of motion here.

The initial speed  = 12 m/s

The initial distance covered by the car =  (unknown) 

The constant deceleration a = -3.5   (negative acceleration)

The final speed v = 0

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Title Physics with MasteringPhysics 4 
Author James S. Walker
ISBN 9780321541635

IP You are driving through town at 12.0 m/s when suddenly

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