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document.write( "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 ?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The car's rate changed (Change in rate is acceleration):<BR>\n" );
document.write( "220fps-88fps=132fps Total change was 132 fps. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The acceleration (rate change) was 132 fps evenly over 3 seconds,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so change per second was:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "132fps/3s=44fps/s<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER: The acceleration was 44 feet per second per second.  </SPAN>\n" );
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