8. A drag car starts from rest and accelerates at a rate of 10.0-m/s? for a distance of 400-m (~1/4 mile). (a) How long did it take the car to travel this distance? (b) What is the speed of the car at the 400-m mark? Answers: (a) 8.94 s (b) 89.4 m/s

8. A drag car starts from rest and accelerates at a rate of 10.0-m/s? for a distance of 400-m (~1/4 mile). (a) How long did it take the car to travel this distance? (b) What is the speed of the car at the 400-m mark? Answers: (a) 8.94 s (b) 89.4 m/s

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8. A drag car starts from rest and accelerates at a rate of 10.0-m/s² for a distance of
400-m (~1/4 mile). (a) How long did it take the car to travel this distance? (b)
What is the speed of the car at the 400-m mark?
Answers: (a) 8.94 s (b) 89.4 m/s

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