Car is traveling at a constant velocity of magnitude v0 when the driver notices a garbage can on the road in front of him. at that moment, the distance between the garbage can and the front of the car is d. a time t after noticing the garbage can, the driver applies the brakes and slows down at a constant rate before coming to a halt just before the garbage can. what is the magnitude of the car's acceleration after the brakes are applied?

it is very well related to a lot of things but with my limited knowledge i can confidently say that the answer is space.

0.11 m/s and 0.28 m/s should be correct

force is based upon mass and acceleration.the statement is not always true.

it can be explained from newton's second law of motion.

as per newton's second law of motion the rate of change of momentum is directly proportional to the applied force and takes place along the direction of force.

mathematically it can be written as -

                                              ⇒      

here   k is the proportionality constant whose value is 1.

                                                            [a is the acceleration=dv/dt]

hence we see that force not only depends on mass and acceleration but also on velocity and rate of change of mass. force f will depend on mass and acceleration only when mass is constant.

hence the statement that force is based upon mass and acceleration is false.