Skid marks at the scene of an accident indicate that a car took 55 m to stop. Assuming that the car slowed down uniformly at a rate of 8.0 m/s2, answer the following questions: a) How fast was the car going before it started to stop? Report your final answer in miles/hour. b) How long did it take the car to come to a stop? Report your answer in seconds. Please provide work :)

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Skid marks at the scene of an accident indicate that a car took 55 m to stop.  Assuming that the car slowed down uniformly at a rate of 8.0 m/s2, answer the following questions: 

a) How fast was the car going before it started to stop?  Report your final answer in miles/hour.

b)  How long did it take the car to come to a stop? Report your answer in seconds.

Please provide work :)

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