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 identical conditions?
A) It would have skidded 4 times farther.
B) It would have skidded 2 times farther.
C) It would have skidded times farther.
D) It would have skidded 1/ times farther.
E) It would have skidded 1/2 as far.
A
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