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General: Speed and Skidmarks Police or insurance investigators often want to estimate...

General: Speed and Skidmarks Police or insurance investigators often want to estimate the speed of a car from the skidmarks it left while stopping. A study found that for standard tires on dry asphalt, the speed (in mph) is given approximately by y = 9.4x0.37, where x is the length of the skidmarks in feet. (This formula takes into account the deceleration that occurs even before the car begins to skid.) Estimate the speed of a car if it left skidmarks of:

150 feet.

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