A ball traveling at 3 m/s East hits a wall and bounces off heading West traveling at 2 m/s. If the change in direction took 0.4 second, what is the acceleration of the ball? * a.12.5 m/s/s West b. 12.5 m/s/s East c. 2.5 m/s/s West d. 2.5 m/s/s East

A ball traveling at 3 m/s East hits a wall and bounces off heading West traveling at 2 m/s. If the change in direction took 0.4 second, what is the acceleration of the ball? * a.12.5 m/s/s West b. 12.5 m/s/s East c. 2.5 m/s/s West d. 2.5 m/s/s East

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A ball traveling at 3 m/s East hits a wall and bounces off heading West traveling at 2 m/s. If the change in direction took 0.4 second, what is the acceleration of the ball? *

a.12.5 m/s/s West

b. 12.5 m/s/s East

c. 2.5 m/s/s West

d. 2.5 m/s/s East

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