Acar is travelling to the right with a speed of 42\,\dfrac{\text m}{\text s}42 s m 42, space, start fraction, m, divided by, s, end fraction when the driver slams on the brakes. the car skids for 4.0\,\text s4.0s4, point, 0, space, s with constant acceleration before it comes to a stop. how many meters did the car skid before coming to a stop? answer using a coordinate system where rightward is positive. round the answer to two significant digits.

The car that travels to the right with a speed of 42 m/s, skids 84 meters for 4 seconds before it comes to a stop.

The distance traveled by car before coming to a stop can be calculated with the following equation:

   (1)

Where:

: is the final speed = 0 (it stops)

: is the initial speed = 42 m/s

a: is the acceleration

d: is the distance =?  

We need to find the acceleration. We can use the next equation:

   (2)  

Where:

t: is the time = 4.0 s

Hence, the acceleration is:

Now, the car skid the following meters before coming to a stop (eq 1).

Therefore, the car skids 84 meters before coming to a stop.

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d = 84 m

Explanation:

As we know that when an object moves with uniform acceleration or deceleration then we can use equation of kinematics to find the distance moved by the object

here we know that

initial speed

final speed

time taken by the car to stop

now the distance moved by the car before it stop is given as

now we have

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