document.write( "Question 1084458: You ride in an automobile traveling at 100 km/h. It comes to a stop over a time interval of 0.5 s. You can be sure that? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #698553 by math_helper(2461) You can put this solution on YOUR website! … that the average acceleration was (inserting unit conversion factor for km/hr —> km/sec):\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " (0km/hr - 100km/hr) * (1hr/3600s) / (0.5 s)\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " = (-100 km/3600s) / (0.5s) \n" ); document.write( " = (-0.55556 km/s^2) \n" ); document.write( " = \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "— \n" ); document.write( "That's over 56g's (555.56/9.806). Might not be a survivable situation. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |