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When brakes are applied to a moving vehicle, the distance it travels before stopping is called stopping distance. It is an important factor for road safety and depends on the initial velocity (v0) and the braking capacity, or deceleration, -a that is caused by the braking. Derive an expression for stopping distance of a vehicle in terms of v0 and a.

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