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 A police cruiser is travelling at 24 m/s and slows down at a rate of 0.65 m/s2 until it stops. The distance traveled by the cop while slowing down is closest to

 

A.0.44 km.

B.0.38 km.

C.0.42 km.

D.0.36 km.

E.4.0 km.

 Jun 1, 2016
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OK    use      vf = vo + at     to find   't'   (note 'a' is negative)

 

Use this value of 't'     x = xo + vo t + 1/2 a t^2     to find the distance in METERS.....  (xo=0 in this instance)

 Jun 2, 2016
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ok Im stuck since I plugged the numbers in and got 24 m/s/.65m/s^2 then (24+0)?2 then I got 443.076999977 what do I do?

DamienDenninson  Jun 2, 2016
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You have the correct answer in METERS.....  Convert to Kilometers and the answer is 'A'

ElectricPavlov  Jun 2, 2016

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