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6. A car is traveling at 50m/s when it begins to slow down to

20m/s. This took the car 5s to slow down. Calculate the
acceleration. *

User Ashley Bye
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3 votes

Answer:

-5

Step-by-step explanation:

User Bells
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Answer:

-6 m/s²

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

v₀ = 50 m/s

v = 20 m/s

t = 5 s

Find: a

v = at + v₀

20 m/s = a (5 s) + 50 m/s

a = -6 m/s²

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