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Nancy is pushing her empty grocery cart at a rate of 1.8 m/s. 30 seconds later, she is pushing the, now full cart, at a rate of 0.54 m/s. Calculate the acceleration of the cart.
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Nancy is pushing her empty grocery cart at a rate of 1.8 m/s. 30 seconds later,

she is pushing the, now full cart, at a rate of 0.54 m/s. Calculate the acceleration
of the cart.

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  • initial velocity=u=1.8m/s
  • Time=t=30s
  • Final velocity=v=0.54m/s


\\ \bull\tt\dashrightarrow Acceleration=\cfrac{v-u}{t}


\\ \bull\tt\dashrightarrow Acceleration=(0.54-1.8)/(30)


\\ \bull\tt\dashrightarrow Acceleration=(-1.26)/(30)


\\ \bull\tt\dashrightarrow Acceleration=-0.042m/s^2

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