A truck ran into a tree trunk that fell across the road. The driver claims that he was going the speed limit, 45 mph (20 m/s), and as soon as the tree fell, he slammed on his brakes, but there was no way for him to stop in time. Accident investigators found that the car left skid marks 43.4 m long. You know that, on dry pavement, a car of that size with that type of tires will decelerate at 6.5 m/s2 when skidding. Estimate his actual speed.