Answer:
The car strikes the tree with a final speed of 4.165 m/s
The acceleration need to be of -5.19 m/seg2 to avoid collision by 0.5m
Explanation:
First we need to calculate the initial speed 
Once we have the initial speed, we can isolate the final speed from following equation:
Then we can calculate the aceleration where the car stops 0.5 m before striking the tree.
To do that, we replace 62 m in the first formula, as follows:

F=mass times acceleration so multiple 50 by 1.5 and u get 75
Answer: Shorter
Explanation: Shadow is formed when an light source is obstructed by an opaque object. The closer the source, shorter is the length of the shadow. In fact, when the source is exactly overhead, no shadow of the object is formed.
June 21 marks the Summer solstice which means the Sun passes directly overhead Tropic of cancer (23.5° N) at noon. March 21 marks the equinox which means sun passes directly overhead equator (0°).
Shadow length of an object at 42° Northern latitude will be shorter on June 21 because the Sun will be closer to this latitude as compared to March 21.