SOLUTION: A bicycle traveling at 10 m/s decelerates -3m/s2 for 2 seconds. What is its final speed?

Question 989309: A bicycle traveling at 10 m/s decelerates -3m/s2 for 2 seconds. What is its final speed?

Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A bicycle traveling at 10 m/s decelerates -3m/s2 for 2 seconds. What is its final speed?
==================
decelerating at a negative value is similar to a double negative.
---
If you mean:
A bicycle traveling at 10 m/s decelerates 3m/s2 for 2 seconds. What is its final speed?
= 10 - 6 = 4 m/sec
-----
Or,
A bicycle traveling at 10 m/s accelerates -3m/s2 for 2 seconds. What is its final speed?
= 10 - 6 = 4 m/sec
RELATED QUESTIONS
5. A comet is flying at a speed of 400 m/s when it reaches the earth�s orbit and starts... (answered by Alan3354)

this is physics: A typical jetliner lands at a speed of 1.60 x 10^2 mph and decelerates... (answered by ikleyn)

John rides his bicycle over the top of a hill at 2 m/s. Five seconds later, his speed is... (answered by Fombitz)

Racecar travel is decelerating uniformly at - 1.5 m/s2 for 10 sec so that its final... (answered by Alan3354)

A car traveling at 10 m/s accelerates at 1.5 m/s^2 for 20 s. How far does it go? What... (answered by Alan3354)

Suppose a treadmill has an average acceleration of 0.0038 m/s2 How much does its speed (answered by ikleyn)

How far does a bicycle travel at a speed of 15 m/s for 19... (answered by stanbon)

A car traveling at 40 m/s decelerates at 4.0 m/s^2 and comes to rest. How long does it... (answered by Alan3354)

A car is traveling at 77 miles per hour. What is its speed in m/s? (answered by stanbon)