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A car travelling along a highway must uniformly reduce its velocity to 15 m/s in 3.5 s. The displacement during that time is 70m. What is the car's initial velocity? m/s (answer in 2 sig figs) What is the car's average acceleration? m/s2 (answer in 2 sig figs)

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Answer:

a) What is the car’s average acceleration?

5.33 m/s^2 [Backward]

b) What is its initial velocity?

27.99 m/s [Foreward]

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