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At a distance `L = 400 m` from the traffic light brakes are applied to a locomotive moving at a velocity `v = 54 km//hr`. Determine the position of the locomotive relative to the traffic light `1` minute after the application of the brakes if its acceleration` is -0.3m//s^(2)`.

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