SOLUTION: Please help me understand how to solve this problem. A car accelerated from 88 feet per second (fps) to 220 fps in exactly 3 seconds. Assuming the acceleration was constant, wha

Question 1009419: Please help me understand how to solve this problem.
A car accelerated from 88 feet per second (fps) to 220 fps in exactly 3 seconds. Assuming the acceleration was constant, what was the car�s acceleration, in feet per second per second, from 88 fps to 220 fps ?

Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The car's rate changed (Change in rate is acceleration):
220fps-88fps=132fps Total change was 132 fps.
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The acceleration (rate change) was 132 fps evenly over 3 seconds,
so change per second was:
132fps/3s=44fps/s
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ANSWER: The acceleration was 44 feet per second per second.
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