SOLUTION: a car accelerates from 15.0 to 50.0 mph in 10.0 secs, assume that the acceleration is constant, compute the distance the car travels at this time

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Question 381500: a car accelerates from 15.0 to 50.0 mph in 10.0 secs, assume that the acceleration is constant, compute the distance the car travels at this time
Answer by checkley79(3341)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(15+50)/2=65/2=32.5 is the average speed for the 10 second period.
32.5(10/3,600)=32.5*.00228=.09 miles.
.09*5,280=476.65 feet.
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