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A car traveling 28 mi/h accelerates uniformly for 8.9 s, covering 599 ft in this time. what was its acceleration? round your answer to the nearest 100th place. answer in units of ft/s 2 .

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Answer:

5.90 ft/s^2

Step-by-step explanation:

There are mixed units in this question....convert everything to miles or feet

and hr to s

28 mi / hr = 41.066 ft/s

Displacement = vo t + 1/2 at^2

599 = 41.066 (8.9) + 1/2 a (8.9^2)

solve for a = ~ 5.90 ft/s^2

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