Answer to Question #126994 in Physics for Abubakar Hajara

Question

A motorist travelling at 120km/h sees a broken down truck at the middle of the road and immediately applies his brakes and comes to a stop with uniform retardation in 20s. What distance does the car travel after the brakes were applied?

Answer 1

$$d=0.5vt\\d=\frac{120}{3.6}(0.5)(20)=333\ m$$