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The formula 1 car collided with the wheel at 130km / h and stopped in 0.14 seconds. Calculate the acceleration of the car and the driver in a collision. assume that the movement is steadily slowing down.

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You use kinematics for this problem. You know your Vo (initial velocity) is 130 km/h or 2166.67 m/s. The Vf (final velocity) is 0 and time is .14 seconds.


You can use the equation: Vf=Vo+at and plug the numbers in

0=(2166.67)+a(.14)


a=15476 m/s or 928.57 km/h