Suppose you are driving a car at 80 miles per hour. Again decelerating at 16 feet per second squared it will take you   _______ seconds to stop. During that time you will travel  __________ feet. Assuming that it takes you 1 second to react to an emergency before you start braking, at the same initial speed, and the same constant deceleration, you will travel a total of _________ feet, before coming to a stop.

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Suppose you are driving a car at 80 miles per hour.

Again decelerating at 16 feet per second squared it will take you 

 _______ seconds to stop.

During that time you will travel  __________ feet.

Assuming that it takes you 1 second to react to an emergency before you start braking, at the same initial speed, and the same constant deceleration, you will travel a total of _________ feet, before coming to a stop.

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