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Jane accelerates from 5.0 m/s at 0.90 s into her race to 9.0 m/s at 2.5 s. A) Determine her acceleration over the interval. B) Determine how far she ran during the interval.

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Jane accelerates from 5.0 m/s at 0.90 s into her race to 9.0 m/s at 2.5 s.

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B) Determine how far she ran during the interval.

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