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title: "A car is traveling \\(20 \\, \\text{m/s}\\) when the driver sees a child standing on the road. She takes \\(0.8 \\, \\text{s}\\) to react then steps on the brakes and slows at \\(7.0 \\, \\text{m/s}^2\\). How far does the car go before it stops?"
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# A car is traveling \(20 \, \text{m/s}\) when the driver sees a child standing on the road. She takes \(0.8 \, \text{s}\) to react then steps on the brakes and slows at \(7.0 \, \text{m/s}^2\). How far does the car go before it stops?

A car is traveling \(20 \, \text{m/s}\) when the driver sees a child standing on the road. She takes \(0.8 \, \text{s}\) to react then steps on the brakes and slows at \(7.0 \, \text{m/s}^2\). How far does the car go before it stops?

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