Thread: help with this physics question?

At the bottom of a ramp, Brad hits a patch of loose gravel and wipes out. Kirsten applies her brakes quickly to avoid hitting him. She is travelling at 6.5m/s when she applies her brakes and she accelerates at -2.6m/s^2. How long (time) does it take her to stop?

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pleeease.

If this is a homework question (and I'd be surprised if it wasn't, the way you've presented it), we cannot answer it for you. Instead, if you can show what work you've done and/or ask more specific questions, we can at least give you hints or point out where you've gone wrong.

i'm not sure what the Guesss method is, so i will use the Suvat way of displaying it

u=6.5
v=0
a=-2.6
t=?
s= -

simple application of an equation of motion will give you the answer

v = u + at

rearrange
t = (v-u)/a