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Author: ZUMDAHL, Steven S.; Zumdahl, Susan A.; DeCoste, Donald J.
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 1, Problem 112CWP
Secretariat is known as the horse with the fastest run in the Kentucky Derby. If Secretariat’s record 1.25-mi run lasted 1 minute 59.2 seconds, what was his average speed in m/s?
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