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A car starts with a speed of 80 km/hr and slows to a rate of 50 km/hr in 5 sec

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If the question is asking for acceleration,

To find acceleration, we have to find the change in velocity over the change in time

In this case, the change of velocity is -30 km/hr and the change in time is 5 seconds

We must convert the units of sec to hours to solve this question

5 sec * 1 min/60 seconds * 1 hour/60 min = .00138889 hours

acceleration = change in velocity / change in time = -30 km/hr / .00138889 hours = -21599.999 km/hr^2 = ~-21600 km/hr^2

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