SOLUTION: The distance required to stop a car varies directly as the square of its speed. If 250 feet are required to stop a car traveling 60 miles per hour, how many
feet are required to
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Question 807212: The distance required to stop a car varies directly as the square of its speed. If 250 feet are required to stop a car traveling 60 miles per hour, how many
feet are required to stop a car traveling 96 miles per hour?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The distance required to stop a car varies directly as the square of its speed.
If 250 feet are required to stop a car traveling 60 miles per hour, how many
feet are required to stop a car traveling 96 miles per hour?
:
Let x = stopping distance a 96 mph
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Cross multiply
3600x = 250 * 9216
x =
x = 640 ft to stop at 96 mph
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