A skateboarder has an acceleration of −1.9 m/s2. If her initial speed is 6 m/s, how long does it take her to stop?
You said that she's losing 1.9 m/s of her speed every second.
So it'll take
(6 m/s) / (1.9 m/s²) = 3.158 seconds (rounded)
to lose all of her initial speed, and stop.