A car was parked on the side of a hillside road at the top of a hill. Unbeknown to the owner, its parking brake failed and a tremor from nearby construction set it in motion with negligible initial speed down the hill. Assume the acceleration was constant down the hill, the car was given a speed ticket by a traffic camera at the foot of the hill, which measured the speed of the car at 21.0 m/s. The video recording showed the car took 35.0 seconds to slide down the hill. How long is the road on the side of the hill? Please keep 3 sig. figs. to ensure your answer is within 5% of the expected answer.

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A car was parked on the side of a hillside road at the top of a hill. Unbeknown to the owner, its parking brake failed and a tremor from nearby construction set it in motion with negligible initial speed down the hill. Assume the acceleration was constant down the hill, the car was given a speed ticket by a traffic camera at the foot of the hill, which measured the speed of the car at 21.0 m/s. The video recording showed the car took 35.0 seconds to slide down the hill. How long is the road on the side of the hill?

Please keep 3 significant figures to ensure your answer is within 5% of the expected answer.
Transcribed Image Text:### Problem Statement A car was parked on the side of a hillside road at the top of a hill. Unbeknown to the owner, its parking brake failed and a tremor from nearby construction set it in motion with negligible initial speed down the hill. Assume the acceleration was constant down the hill, the car was given a speed ticket by a traffic camera at the foot of the hill, which measured the speed of the car at 21.0 m/s. The video recording showed the car took 35.0 seconds to slide down the hill. How long is the road on the side of the hill? Please keep 3 significant figures to ensure your answer is within 5% of the expected answer.
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