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At the scene of an accident on a country road, police find skid marks stretching for 50 m. Tests on the road surface show that a skidding car decelerates at 6.5 m s−2. Was the car that skidded exceeding the speed limit of 25 m s−1 (90 km h−1) on this road?

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