A car travels at a speed of 55 km/hr and slows down to 10 km/hr in 20 seconds. What is the acceleration?

a = 0.62 [m/s²]

Explanation:

To solve this problem we must use the following equation of kinematics. But first, we must convert speeds from kilometers per hour to meters per second.

where:

Vf = final velocity = 2,77 [m/s]

Vo = initial velocity = 15.27 [m/s]

t = time = 20 [s]

a = acceleration [m/s²]

Now replacing:

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