A car moving at 60 ft. per sec is brought to rest in 12 sec with a deceleration which varies uniformly with time from 2 ft per sec^2 to a maximum deceleration. Compute the distance traveled in stopping

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A car moving at 60 ft. per sec is brought to rest in 12 sec with a deceleration which varies uniformly with time from 2 ft per sec^2 to a maximum deceleration. Compute the distance traveled in stopping.

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