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Author: Randall D. Knight (Professor Emeritus), Brian Jones, Stuart Field
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Chapter 2, Problem 19P
Figure P2.19 shows the velocity graph of a bicycle. Draw the bicycle's acceleration graph for the interval 0 s ≤ t ≤ 4 s. Give both axes an appropriate numerical scale.
Figure P2.19
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