A car traveling with velocity v is decelerated by a constant acceleration of magnitude a. It travels a distance d before coming to rest. If its initial velocity were doubled, the distance required to stop would

A) double as well.
B) decrease by a factor of two.
C) stay the same.
D) quadruple.
E) decrease by a factor of four.


D

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