Calculate the distance the car coasts before it stops

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Homework Statement


a cat traveling at 45km/h slows down at a constant 0.50m/s2. calculate the distance the car coasts before it stops, the time it takes to stop and the distance it travels during the first and fifth seconds


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i've been working on this for awhile and I'm just lost
 


donrichmond said:
i've been working on this for awhile and I'm just lost

i came up with 11.25min to stop and it'll travel 1125 m before it stops?