A car crashes into a barrier at 25m/s and comes to rest in 5s. What is the car's average deceleration?
We can use the formula for average acceleration (or deceleration, in this case):
Given:
The initial velocity .
The final velocity (since the car comes to rest).
The time .
Now, calculate the change in velocity:
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