Problem

25. At the end of a race, a runner decelerates from a velocity of 9.00 m/s at a rate of 2.00 m/s2. (a) How far does she travel in the next 5.00 s ? (b) What is her final velocity? (c) Evaluate the result. Does it make sense?

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Check: vf>0 and d>0, so the results make sense.

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Step 1 :v0=9.00 m/s

Step 2 :a=2.00 m/s2

Step 3 :t=5.00 s

Step 4 :vf=v0+at=9.002.00×5.00=1.00 m/s

Step 5 :d=v0t+12at2=9.00×5.00+12(2.00)(5.00)2=22.50 m

Step 6 :Check: vf>0 and d>0, so the results make sense.

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