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On a dry road, a car with good tires may be able to brake with a constant deceleration of `4.92 m//s^(2)`. (a) How long does such a car, initially traveling at 27.2 m/s, take to stop ? (b) How far does it travel in this time ? (c) Graph `x` versus t and v versus t for the deceleration .

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(a) 5.53 s; (b) 75.2 m
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