You Slam on the Brakes of Your Car in a Panic,and

question 22

Multiple Choice

You slam on the brakes of your car in a panic,and skid a certain distance on a straight level road.If you had been traveling twice as fast,what distance would the car have skidded,under the same conditions?

• A)It would have skidded 4 times farther.
• B)It would have skidded twice as far.
• C)It would have skidded 1.4 times farther.
• D)It would have skidded one half as far.
• E)It is impossible to tell from the information given.

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Definitions:

Twenty-first Chromosome

A chromosome in humans that is implicated in diseases such as Down syndrome when an individual has an extra copy, also known as trisomy 21.

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