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Chapter 4, Problem 7EAP
A rocket-powered hockey puck moves on a horizontal frictionless table. FIGURE EX4.7 shows graphs of vxand vy. the x- and v-components of the puck’s velocity. The puck starts at the origin. What is the magnitude of the puck’s acceleration at t =5 s?
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