Alice is riding a bike at 12 mph, but decides to sprint.  She takes 0.7 s to accelerate to 19 mph.  At constant acceleration, calculate her acceleration, a/(ft/s2).  (Here are possibly convenient conversion aids: 60 mph = 1 mi/min = 88 ft/s.  This equation is exact.  You may wish to verify the equation.  One mile = 60*88 ft, and one hour = 60*60 s.)

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Alice is riding a bike at 12 mph, but decides to sprint.  She takes 0.7 s to accelerate to 19 mph.  At constant acceleration, calculate her acceleration, a/(ft/s2).  (Here are possibly convenient conversion aids: 60 mph = 1 mi/min = 88 ft/s.  This equation is exact.  You may wish to verify the equation.  One mile = 60*88 ft, and one hour = 60*60 s.)

 

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