A sprinter explodes out of the starting block with an acceleration of +2.45 m/s?, which she sustains for 1.17 s. Then, her acceleration drops to zero for the rest of the race. What is her velocity at (a)t = 1.17 s and (b) at the end of the race?

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A sprinter explodes out of the starting block with an acceleration of +2.45 m/s?, which she sustains for 1.17 s. Then, her acceleration
drops to zero for the rest of the race. What is her velocity at (a)t = 1.17s and (b) at the end of the race?
End of
race
Acceleration
drops to zero
(a) Number
Units
(b) Number
i
Units
Transcribed Image Text:A sprinter explodes out of the starting block with an acceleration of +2.45 m/s?, which she sustains for 1.17 s. Then, her acceleration drops to zero for the rest of the race. What is her velocity at (a)t = 1.17s and (b) at the end of the race? End of race Acceleration drops to zero (a) Number Units (b) Number i Units
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