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2. A firetruck drives in a straight line with velocity shown on the graph below. v(t) vel. [m/s] 9 18 40 50 time [sec] a. What is the acceleration of the firetruck during the three time intervals? Os

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Chapter2: Kinematics

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2. A firetruck drives in a straight line with velocity shown on the graph below.
v(t)
vel. [m/s]
9
18
40
50
time [sec]
a. What is the acceleration of the firetruck during the three time intervals? Os<time<18s?
18s<time<40s? 40s<time<50s?
b. What total distance did the firetruck travel during the entire 50 seconds?

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