SOLUTION: A sports car accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in 3 seconds. Express this acceleration in meters per second2. The 2 at the end of second is should show as a second power.

Question 211390: A sports car accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in 3 seconds. Express this acceleration in meters per second2.
The 2 at the end of second is should show as a second power.
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A sports car accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in 3 seconds. Express this acceleration in meters per second2.
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60 mph = 95.56064 km/hour = 26.8224 m/sec
26.8224/3 = 8.9408 m/sec/sec
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1 g is 9.8 m/sec/sec, btw, so that's 0.912 g's
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