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A car traveling on 1-96 approached a construction zone and slowed from 65 miles per hour (30 meters/second) to 45 mph (20m/s) in 5 seconds. Calculate the distance the car will take to slow down.
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A car traveling on 1-96 approached a construction zone and slowed from 65 miles per hour (30 meters/second) to 45 mph (20m/s) in

5 seconds. Calculate the distance the car will take to slow down.

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Distance = area under the v -t graph
= (30+20)/2 x 5 = 25 x 5 = 125 m
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