2.22 • You are traveling on an interstate highway at the posted speed limit of 70 mph when you see that the traffic in front of you has stopped due to an accident up ahead. You step on your brakes to slow down as quickly as possible. (a) Estimate how many seconds it takes you to slow down to 30 mph. What is the magnitude of the average acceleration of the car while it is slowing down? With this same average acceleration
2.22 • You are traveling on an interstate highway at the posted speed limit of 70 mph when you see that the traffic in front of you has stopped due to an accident up ahead. You step on your brakes to slow down as quickly as possible. (a) Estimate how many seconds it takes you to slow down to 30 mph. What is the magnitude of the average acceleration of the car while it is slowing down? With this same average acceleration
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Transcribed Image Text:2.22 • You are traveling on an interstate highway at the posted speed
limit of 70 mph when you see that the traffic in front of you has stopped
due to an accident up ahead. You step on your brakes to slow down as
quickly as possible. (a) Estimate how many seconds it takes you to slow
down to 30 mph. What is the magnitude of the average acceleration of
the car while it is slowing down? With this same average acceleration,
(b) how much longer would it take you to stop, and (c) what total dis-
tance would you travel from when you first apply the brakes until the
čar stops?
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