Calculate distance given accleration, initial & final speed

Join the discussion
Ask a follow-up here, or get your own question answered by working scientists, mathematicians and engineers — people, not an autocomplete.
Real named experts · corrections over time · the nuance an AI answer skips
1 reply · 6K views
AQuestionX
Messages
1
Reaction score
0
dleted due to error
 
Last edited:
Physics news on Phys.org
The equation you've used is finding time, not distance.

The equation to use in this case is:

[tex]v^2 = u^2 + 2as[/tex]

Where v is the final speed, u is the initial speed, a is the acceleration and s is the displacement.

Rearrange this to find s.

Remember that the driver is decelerating, so the acceleration is -2.68 ms^-2.