You're driving along at 25m/s with your aunt's valuable antiques in the back of your pickup truck when suddenly you see a giant hole in the road 55 m ahead of you. fortunately, your foot is right beside the brake and your reaction time is zero!

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Paula Montes

Physics

24 July, 20:46

You're driving along at 25m/s with your aunt's valuable antiques in the back of your pickup truck when suddenly you see a giant hole in the road 55 m ahead of you. fortunately, your foot is right beside the brake and your reaction time is zero!

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Lizbeth Moss · Answer 1

The formula is:v² = v i² + 2 a dwhere: v = 0 m/s (the truck stopped), d = 55 m and v i = 25 m/s. 0² = 25² + 2 a · 55110 a = - 625 (negative sign, because the velocity of truck is decreasing)

a = u g110 u · 9.81 = 625u = 625 : 1,079.1 = 0.580.58 < 0.60Answer:The antiques will not slide.