A glider of length 10.1 cm moves on an air track with constant acceleration. A time interval of 0.732 s elapses between the moment when its front end passes a fixed point circled A along the track and the moment when its back end passes this point. Next, a time interval of 1.01 s elapses between the moment when the back end of the glider passes point circled A and the moment when the front end of the glider passes a second point circled B farther down the track. After that, an additional 0.336 s elapses until the back end of the glider passes point circled B.
(b) Find the acceleration of the glider.
(c) Explain how you can compute the acceleration without knowing the distance between points circled A and circled B.
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