Question

If the car has the same initial velocity, and if the driver slams on the brakes at the same distance from the tree, then what would the acceleration need to be (in m/s2) so that the car narrowly avoids a collision?

Answer 1

Answer: The question is incomplete or some details are missing. Here is the complete question ; (a) The driver of a car slams on the brakes when he sees a tree blocking the road. The car slows uniformly with acceleration of −5.55 m/s2 for 4.05 s, making straight skid marks 63.0 m long, all the way to the tree. With what speed (in m/s) does the car then strike the tree? m/s

(b) What If? If the car has the same initial velocity, and if the driver slams on the brakes at the same distance from the tree, then what would the acceleration need to be (in m/s2) so that the car narrowly avoids a collision? m/s2

a ) With what speed (in m/s) does the car then strike the tree? m/s = 4.3125m/s

b) then what would the acceleration need to be (in m/s2) so that the car narrowly avoids a collision? m/s2 = -5.696m/s2

Explanation:

The detailed steps and calculation is as shown in the attached file.