A parked police car takes off after a suspect and reaches 65.6 km/h in 6.49 seconds. What was the average acceleration (in m/s2) of the car [round your final answer to two decimal places]? {1 km = 1000 m; 1 hour = 3600 seconds}

A parked police car takes off after a suspect and reaches 65.6 km/h in 6.49 seconds. What was the average acceleration (in m/s2) of the car [round your final answer to two decimal places]? {1 km = 1000 m; 1 hour = 3600 seconds}

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A parked police car takes off after a suspect and reaches 65.6 km/h in 6.49 seconds. What was the average acceleration (in m/s²) of the car [round your final answer to two decimal places]?

{1 km = 1000 m; 1 hour = 3600 seconds}

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