document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1003210>Question 1003210</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can someone please help me with this excercises:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1. A car left skid marks 16 m long when the driver brought it to a quick stop as he was traveling east. Assuming the brakes decelerated the car at -15 m/s^2, how fast was the car traveling when its brakes were first applied?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2. A car is capable of accelerating at a rate of 3.20 m/s^2. If it is going 11.0 m/s when it leaves the curved portion of the entrance ramp to an expressway, how much straightaway does it need to obtain 35.0 m/s before merging with the traffic ?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3. A driver in a car moving at 32 m/s sees a cow sitting on the road 71 m ahead. Can the driver stop in time to avoid hitting the cow if his rate of deceleration is -7.6 m/s^2.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #619988 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><B>fractalier(6550)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=fractalier><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=619988\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In order to not overload the tutors, you must list these one at a time.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I will do the first one, but relist the others separately.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You can use the formula<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Vf^2 - Vo^2 = 2ax<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Here your final velocity, Vf = 0, the a = -15, and x = 16.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Plugging in we get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0 - Vo^2 = 2(-15)(16)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-Vo^2 = -480 so that<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Vo = 21.9 m/s </SPAN>\n" );
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