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1) While traveling along a highway a driver speeds up from 10 m/s to 26 m/s in 4 seconds. What is the automobile's acceleration? *​

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Answer:

4m/s^2

Step-by-step explanation:

using the formula a = (v_f - v_i) / Δt we can use final velocity, initial velocity, and accel. time to calculate the accel. rate

In this problem it would be a=(26m/s - 10m/s) / 4s

our answer would be 4m/s^2

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