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The Chevy Corvette Z06 is claimed to accelerate from a standing start to 60 miles per hour in 3 seconds. Estimate its accelerati

on in m/s2 during these 3 seconds (closest answer).

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Vika [28.1K]3 years ago

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Answer:

The acceleration of Chevy Corvette is $8.94\ m/s^2$ .

Explanation:

Given that,

Initial speed of Chevy Corvette Z06, u = 0 (it starts from rest)

Final speed of Chevy Corvette Z06, v = 60 mph

1 mph = 0.44704 m/s

60 mph = 26.82 m/s

Time, t = 3 seconds

We need to find the acceleration of Chevy Corvette. The rate of change of velocity is called acceleration of an object. It is given by :

$a=\dfrac{v-u}{t}$

$a=\dfrac{v}{t}$

$a=\dfrac{26.82\ m/s}{3\ s}$

$a=8.94\ m/s^2$

So, the acceleration of Chevy Corvette is $8.94\ m/s^2$ . Hence, this is the required solution.

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