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document.write( "Find the time to stop.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "v = at<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20.1 = 0.05t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 20.1/0.05<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 402 seconds<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "s = 0.5*20.1*402<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 4040.1 meters<BR>\n" );
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