Recent content by NMiller5a

Thank you for your prompt reply and assistance! I changed my equation into v=u^2+2(a)(s) and it worked very well. 0=u^2+2(-10)(40-0.75u)] worked perfectly and I got an answer of 21.76 m/s, or about 78 km/h. When the time comes that I'm only 40 meters away from an inescapable barrier...

I've been trying for about an hour to figure this one out and decided that I should probably ask some people who know what their doing for some input. "A driver of a car suddenly sees the lights of a barrier 40 m ahead; it takes the drive 0.75 s to apply the brakes; the car accelerates at a...