A race car accelerates uniformly from 18.5 m/s to 46.1 m/s in 2.47 seconds. A. Determine the acceleration of the car. B. What is the direction of the cars acceleration according to your answer in part A? [Please use the following; †= time Ax= displacement Vi=initial velocity Vf= final velocity A= acceleration]

A race car accelerates uniformly from 18.5 m/s to 46.1 m/s in 2.47 seconds. A. Determine the acceleration of the car. B. What is the direction of the cars acceleration according to your answer in part A? [Please use the following; †= time Ax= displacement Vi=initial velocity Vf= final velocity A= acceleration]

Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections

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Author:Katz, Debora M.

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Chapter4: Two-and-three Dimensional Motion

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