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# The formulas above are used to compute the distance a car travels afte

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The formulas above are used to compute the distance a car travels after the brakes are applied. If the driver of a car applied the brakes just as a traffic light turned yellow and stopped exactly 6 seconds later, what is the value of v ？

(A) 20
(B) 80/3
(C) 30
(D) 40
(E) 60

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23 Nov 2015, 21:32
d = (3v^2/20); d = tv/2
(tv/2) = (3v^2/20)
v = 10t/3; t = 6
v = 20

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28 Nov 2015, 04:31
$$t = \frac{2d}{v}$$
$$6 = \frac{2d}{v}$$
$$3v = d$$

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$$d = \frac{3vˆ2}{20}$$
$$3v = \frac{3vˆ2}{20}$$
$$V = 20$$
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28 Nov 2015, 07:37
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The formulas above are used to compute the distance a car travels after the brakes are applied. If the driver of a car applied the brakes just as a traffic light turned yellow and stopped exactly 6 seconds later, what is the value of v ？

(A) 20
(B) 80/3
(C) 30
(D) 40
(E) 60

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1)$$t=\frac{2d}{v}$$.....
$$6=\frac{2d}{v}$$
so $$\frac{d}{v}=3$$

2)$$d=\frac{3v^2}{20}$$
$$\frac{d}{v}=\frac{3v}{20}$$
from 1) $$\frac{d}{v}=3..$$
so$$3=\frac{3v}{20}$$
or $$v=20$$..
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