An unidentified flying object (UFO) is observed to travel a total distance of 29000 m, starting and ending at rest, over a duration of 1.61 s. Assuming the UFO accelerated at a constant rate to the midpoint of its journey and then decelerated at a constant rate the rest of the way, what was the magnitude of its acceleration? Express your answer in gs, where 1 g=9.81 m/s^2. 1 4,562 g s 2 2,281 g s 44,751 g s 4 22,376 g s

An unidentified flying object (UFO) is observed to travel a total distance of 29000 m, starting and ending at rest, over a duration of 1.61 s. Assuming the UFO accelerated at a constant rate to the midpoint of its journey and then decelerated at a constant rate the rest of the way, what was the magnitude of its acceleration? Express your answer in gs, where 1 g=9.81 m/s^2. 1 4,562 g s 2 2,281 g s 44,751 g s 4 22,376 g s

College Physics

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Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

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