SOLUTION: 3. A bus moving in straight line at a speed of 20 m/s begins to slow down at a constant rate of 3 𝑚/𝑠2 each second. Find how far it goes before stopping?
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Question 1161025: 3. A bus moving in straight line at a speed of 20 m/s begins to slow down at a constant rate of 3 𝑚/𝑠2 each second. Find how far it goes before stopping? Answer by ikleyn(52776) (Show Source):
Again, I will consider the problem as if it comes from Physics.
Then the breaking force is the product of the mass "m" and acceleration "a"
= ma.
while the kinetic energy is .
Now apply the Energy conservation law: The kinetic energy is equal to the work of the force.
The force is , and its work is the product of the force by the breaking distance "x", which is the unknown in this problem.
So you have this equation
= m*a*x.
Cancel the mass in both side and obtain
x = = = = 66.666... = 66.7 meters (rounded).
ANSWER. The breaking distance is 66.7 meters.
The other way to solve the problem is to use Calculus.