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What is its average acceleration in this time
interval?

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Unlike acceleration, the average acceleration is calculated for a given interval. Here, Δ v is the change in velocity and Δ t is the total time over which the velocity is changing. If the velocity of a marble increases from 0 to 60 cm/s in 3 seconds, its average acceleration would be 20 .

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