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A car accelerates from 4 m/s to 16 m/s in 4 seconds. The car's acceleration is:____ meters/second².

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In order to calculate the acceleration, we can use the formula below:


a=(v_f-v_i)/(t)

If the final velocity is 16 m/s, the initial velocity is 4 m/s and the time is 4 seconds, we have:


\begin{gathered} a=(16-4)/(4)\\ \\ a=(12)/(4)\\ \\ a=3\text{ m/s^^b2} \end{gathered}

Therefore the acceleration is 3 m/s².

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