Comments on: How do police determine how fast a car had been traveling after an accident has occurred? http://www.cargearusa.com/blog/how-do-police-determine-how-fast-a-car-had-been-traveling-after-an-accident-has-occurred/ Fri, 18 May 2012 01:53:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Ted http://www.cargearusa.com/blog/how-do-police-determine-how-fast-a-car-had-been-traveling-after-an-accident-has-occurred/comment-page-1/#comment-7262 Ted Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:00:20 +0000 http://www.cargearusa.com/blog/how-do-police-determine-how-fast-a-car-had-been-traveling-after-an-accident-has-occurred/#comment-7262 Simply plug the numbers into the equation and solve or rearrange the equation first. 55=2 sqr 5L divide by 2 27.5=sqr5L square both sides 756.25 = 5L divide by 5 L = 151.25 at 55mph or rearrange the equation r^2=4(5L)=20L L= r^2 / 20 L = 90^2 / 20 = 405 at 90 mph Simply plug the numbers into the equation and solve or rearrange the equation first.

55=2 sqr 5L divide by 2
27.5=sqr5L square both sides
756.25 = 5L divide by 5
L = 151.25 at 55mph

or rearrange the equation r^2=4(5L)=20L
L= r^2 / 20
L = 90^2 / 20 = 405 at 90 mph

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