SOLUTION: sally gradually accelerates from 0 mi/hr to 55 mi/hr in 7 seconds find the acceleration of her car

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Question 519683: sally gradually accelerates from 0 mi/hr to 55 mi/hr in 7 seconds find the acceleration of her car
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
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sally gradually accelerates from 0 mi/hr to 55 mi/hr in 7 seconds find the acceleration of her car.
That's a 55%2F7 or a 7.9 mi/hr increase per second, which is the most
meaningful way to think of acceleration.  It means she speeds up by about
8 mi/hr every second.  However in school they want acceleration in
feet per second increase per second, even though the other is more meaningful.  

Most everybody memorizes that 60 miles per hour is 88 feet per second.

To change mi%2Fhr to ft%2Fs multiply by 88%2F60

So 55 mi/hr = 55(88/60) = 80.67 ft/s}}}

a = %28v%5Bf%5D-v%5B0%5D%29%2Ft = %2880.67-0%29%2F7 = 80.67%2F7 = 11.52ft%2Fs%5E2.

Edwin