For a standard production car, the highest road-tested acceleration ever reported occured in 1993, when a Ford RS200 Evolution went from zero to 26.8 m/s (60 mi/h) in 3.275 s. Find the magnitude of the car’s acceleration.
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Simple enough:
a= v- v0 /t
a= 26.8 m/s – 0 m/s / 3.275s
a= +8.18 m/s/s
It is positive because verlocity is increasing
In terms of mph
a=v – v0 /t
a=60 mi/hr – 0 mi/hr / .0009097 hr
a=65956 mi/hr/hr
hope this helps