Solving Force and Rest with a Skater on Ice

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Homework Statement


here's the problem
A 68.5 kg skater moving initially at 2.40 m/s on rough horizontal ice comes to rest uniformly in 3.52 s due to friction from the ice.


Homework Equations


F= ma

The Attempt at a Solution


I'm sure this equation is reliant on finding the acceleration, but I really don't know how to do that when time (instead of distance) is our given variable
anyone know what I'm missing?
 
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okay sorry scratch that I just had a brain fart or something -.-
obviously a= m/s2 so there for all I had to do was divide the velocity by the time
I swear to god I'm getting stupider sometimes