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A car is traveling at 24.4 m/s. If the driver has a reaction time of 1 second, what will be his stopping distance if his car slows down at 8 m/s2?

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d = Vo*t + (V^2-Vo^2)/2a
d = 24.4*1 + (0-24.4^2)/-16 = 61.6 m.

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