Question

A car traveling at 23m/s starts to decelerate steadily. It comes to a complete stop in 7 seconds. What is the acceleration?

Answer 1

The car has an initial velocity $v_0$ of 23 m/s and a final velocity $v$ of 0 m/s. Recall that for constant acceleration,

$v=v_0+at$

The car stops in 7 s, so the acceleration is

$0\,\dfrac{\mathrm m}{\mathrm s}=23\,\dfrac{\mathrm m}{\mathrm s}+a(7\,\mathrm s)$

$\implies a\approx-3.29\,\dfrac{\mathrm m}{\mathrm s^2}$