College Physics: Explore And Apply, Volume 2 (2nd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134862910
Author: Eugenia Etkina, Gorazd Planinsic, Alan Van Heuvelen, Gorzad Planinsic
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Chapter 2, Problem 8RQ
Review Question 2.8 Explain qualitatively, without algebra, why the displacement of an object moving at constant acceleration is proportional to time squared, not to time to the power of 1 as it is for motion at constant velocity.
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