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a car traveling at 36 m s starts to decelerate Stanley it comes to a complete stop in 9 seconds what is its acceleration

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The equation of movement of the car is given by:

vf = a * t + vo
Where,
vf: final speed
a: acceleration
t: time
vo: initial speed
By the time the car stops we have:

vf = 0
Substituting values we have:

0 = a * 9 + 36
Clearing the acceleration we have:

a = -36/9 a = -4 m / s ^ 2
Answer:
its acceleration is:

a = -4 m / s ^ 2
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The answer is -4 m/s². A car traveling at an initial velocity of 36 meter per second starts to decelerate and then suddenly the car comes to a complete stop which means the final velocity is zero. The acceleration can be calculated as
acceleration = (final velocity - initial velocity) / time interval
= (0 m/s - 36 m/s) / 9s
= -4 m/s²
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