SOLUTION: At a drag race, a jet car travels 1/4 mile in 5.2 seconds. What is the final speed of the car and its acceleration?

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Question 1185973: At a drag race, a jet car travels 1/4 mile in 5.2 seconds. What is the final speed of the car and its acceleration?
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At a drag race, a jet car travels 1/4 mile in 5.2 seconds. What is the final speed of the car and its acceleration?
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1/4 mile = 1320 feet.
The average speed is 1320/5.2 =~ 253.846 ft/sec
Assuming uniform acceleration, the final speed is 2x that, = 507.692 ft/sec
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acceleration = 507.692/5.2 = 97.633 ft/sec/sec