A car slams on its brakes creating an acceleration of -3.2 m/s². It comes to rest after traveling a distance of 210 m. What was its velocity before it began to accelerate?

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Geethu Jose · Answer 1 · 2021-08-29T18:51:14+0000

Answer: 36.66m/s

Explanation:

Listing everything is gives you:

Vf = 0

a = -3.2

Δx = 210

Vi = ?

Pick one of the kinematic equations to find the missing variable

I used this one:
Vf^2=Vi^2 + 2a Δx

When you plug everything in, you get

0 =
Vi^2 -1344

add 1344 to both sides and square root to get Vi = 36.66

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