Answer: Time needed: 2.5 s
Distance covered: 31.3 m
Explanation:
I'll start with the distance covered while decelerating. Since you know that the initial speed of the car is 15.0 m/s, and that its final speed must by 10.0 m/s, you can use the known acceleration to determine the distance covered by
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on one side of the equation and solve by plugging your values
To get the time needed to reach this speed, i.e. 10.0 m/s, you can use the following equation
Explanation: