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A car moving at 50 km/hr skids 20 m with locked brakes. how far will the car skid with locked brakes if it were traveling at 150 km/hr?

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The energy to be dissipated is proportional to 1/2 m v^2 ie proportional to v^2 for the same car

In turn F * d = work done.
F is constant ( same brakes)
so d is proportional to v^2
if v is multiplied by 3 then d is multiplied by 3^2 = 9
distance = 180m
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