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I totally missed the concept that the area under the COMPLETE curve for acceleration gives you the difference in velocity...ie if the change in velocity from the start of the braking maneuver to when the car skidded to a STOP (Vf = 0) is X m/s. Then V0 = x m/s. I feel ashamed. lol. :sorry...

^^ agreed. I had initially thought to do this but I wanted to do it both ways to reaffirm the relationship between the acceleration and velocities. I plan on using the trapezoidal area method to calculate the average acceleration of the skid however I am still unclear how to solve for Vo in (b)...

I feel a bit silly for asking for advice with this solution since it is so basic however for the life of me I can't seem to get the answer. 1. Homework Statement A car skids to a stop. The acceleration of a car is reported in discrete times shown below: (hint, use trapezoid areas) t (s)...