A car traveling with velocity v is decelerated by a constant acceleration of magnitude a. It travels a distance d before coming to rest. If its initial velocity were doubled, the distance required to stop would
A) double as well.
B) decrease by a factor of two.
C) stay the same.
D) quadruple.
E) decrease by a factor of four.
EXPERT ANSWER
Answer :B) moving with constant non-zero acceleration.
Answer :B) displacement.
Answer :A) greater than v0/2.
A car traveling with velocity v is decelerated by a constant acceleration of magnitude a. It travels a distance d before coming to rest. If its initial velocity were doubled, the distance required to stop would
A) double as well.
B) decrease by a factor of two.
C) stay the same.
D) quadruple.
E) decrease by a factor of four.
Answer : D) quadruple.