A car is driving at speed of 80 mph in a circular track with a radius of 1500 ft. The driver applied brake to decelerate the car and after 6 seconds, the speed decreases to half the original speed. What is the acceleration of the car at the instant after the brakes have been applied? At ft/s2

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A car is driving at speed of 80 mph in a circular track with a radius of 1500 ft. The driver applied brake to decelerate the car and after 6 seconds, the speed decreases to half the original speed. What is the acceleration of the car at the instant after the brakes have been applied? At ft/s2

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