Question #df20b

1 Answer
Dec 28, 2016

Here initial vlocity of the truck is u =159.2 "km/hr"=(159.2xx10^3)/3600m/s

Final velocity of the truck v=0

The truck retards uniformly during skidding to come to a stop.

The time of skidding t=5.85s
So distance of skiding

s=1/2(u+v)xxt

=>s=1/2((159.2xx10^3)/3600+0)xx5.85

=>s=129.35m