document.write( "Question 1170730: If the arresting device on an aircraft carrier stops a plane in 150 m with an acceleration of -16 m/s2, find the time the plane takes to stop.(Take g=9.81 m/s2) \n" ); document.write( "

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Combining the formulae v2^2 = v1^2 + 2ad and v2 = v1 + at, with v2=0, we have:
\n" ); document.write( "v1 = sqrt(2ad), v1 = at -> t = sqrt(2d/a)
\n" ); document.write( "Putting in d = 150 m and a = 16 m/s^2, we get t = sqrt(300/16) = 4.33 s \n" ); document.write( "

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