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A man was driving his car suddenly, he saw a cat infront of his car he apply the break which produced an acceleration of 6m/s in a direction opposite to that of motion still his car took 2second to stop can you tell how much distance the car travelled during this time

a = - 6m/s² ,  t = 2s, S = ?, v=0,

 v = u + at    

i.e.,  0 = u + (-6m/s² ) × 2s

i.e.,   u = 12m/s

       v² = u² + 2aS

              i.e., 0 = u² + 2 (-6m/s² ) S

                        =144m²/s² + ( -12m/s² ) × S

              i.e., 12m/s²  × S = 144m²/s²

                                   S  = 144m²/s² ÷ 12m/s² = 12m

 Therefore the distance travelled = 12m