Rollback Distance Calculation for a Car on a Slope

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Homework Statement



A car traveling at 24.0m/s runs out of gas while traveling up a 20.0degree slope.
How far up the hill will it coast before starting to roll back down?

Homework Equations



Vf^2=Vi^2-2a(g*sin(20)(Xf-X0)

The Attempt at a Solution



I don't know if that is correct formula but I don't know how to solve for Xf
 
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when i enter in sin(20) my calculator is .34 is that on track? it doesn't seem right