SOLUTION: A funny car starts from rest and reaches a speed of 367 ft/sec in 5.5 seconds. What is the acceleration of the dragster for this quarter mile event? What is the average speed? I co

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Question 96369: A funny car starts from rest and reaches a speed of 367 ft/sec in 5.5 seconds. What is the acceleration of the dragster for this quarter mile event? What is the average speed? I correctly solved the first part, but I do not know how to find average speed?
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A funny car starts from rest and reaches a speed of 367 ft/sec in 5.5 seconds. What is the acceleration of the dragster for this quarter mile event? What is the average speed? I correctly solved the first part, but I do not know how to find average speed?
:
Av speed = Distance%2FTime
:
s = .25%2F5.5 = .0454545 mi per second
or
.0454545 * 3600 = 163.3 mph