2. A car traveling in a straight line has a speed of -30.0 m/s at some instant. After 3.00 s, its speed is -20.0 m/s. What is its average acceleration in this time interval? What does the sign of the acceleration mean?

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2. A car traveling in a straight line has a speed of -30.0 m/s at some instant. After 3.00 s, its
speed is -20.0 m/s. What is its average acceleration in this time interval? What does the sign of
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