Aboat traveling at a velocity of 20 m/s leaves island heading east . the boat slows to rest at a rate of 1.5 m/s2 how far away from the island has the boat traveled when it comes to a stop.

The boat's initial velocity is:

While the boat's acceleration is

with a negative sign, since the boat is slowing down, so it is a deceleration. The distance traveled by the boat until it comes to a stop can be found by using the following equation:

where vf=0 is the final velocity of the boat and S is the distance covered. Re-arranging the formula, we can find S: