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The stopping distance D of a car after the brakes have been applied varies directly as the square of the speed R. If a car traveling 60 mph can stop in 200 ft, how fast can a car go and still stop in 72 ft?
 Mar 20, 2014
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I think I remember how to do this from my college Physics class many years ago. (Any Physics pros on the forum can double-check me!!)

We need to find a constant - call it "k'

We have

D = k(S^2)

200 = k(60^2)

200 = k(3600)

k = 200 / 3600 = 1 / 18

So we have

D = (S^2) / 18

I think you can take it from here......
 Mar 20, 2014

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