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Mal87:

A car is moving southwest at a velocity of 10 meters per second. Five seconds later, it's going 40 meters per second. What was the car's average acceleration during this time? A. 15 m/s^2 B. 10 m/s^2 C. 5 m/s^2 southwest D. 6 m/s^2 southwest

nuts:

any ideas?

nuts:

I can get you started if you have none

Mal87:

Can you please bccause i have no idea

Mal87:

because*

nuts:

acceleration is the CHANGE in velocity, so this is just like one of those rate of change questions.

nuts:

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nuts:

you just want the slope of that line. do you think you can do it?

Mal87:

I think so

nuts:

lmk what you get

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