If you are running in a field in a straight line, and you start at the 0 meter line at 0 seconds. At 1 second, you are 4.8 meters away from the start; at 2 seconds, you are 9.6 meters from the start; at 3 seconds, you are 14.4 meters from the start. Your acceleration (in m/s2) is

If you are running in a field in a straight line, and you start at the 0 meter line at 0 seconds. At 1 second, you are 4.8 meters away from the start; at 2 seconds, you are 9.6 meters from the start; at 3 seconds, you are 14.4 meters from the start. Your acceleration (in m/s2) is

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