Until a train is a safe distance from the station, it must travel at 5 m/s. Once the train is on open track, i

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Until a train is a safe distance from the station, it must travel at 5 m/s. Once the train is on open track, it can speed up to 45 m/s. If it takes a train 8 seconds to reach 45 m/s, what is the acceleration of the train?

 m/s2

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a = Δv/Δt = (45 − 5) / 8 = 40 / 8 = 5 m/s².

Until a train is a safe distance from the station, it must travel at 5 m/s. Once the train is on open track, it can speed up to 45 m/s. If it takes a train 8 seconds to reach 45 m/s, what is the acceleration of the train?

m/s2

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Until a train is a safe distance from the station, it must travel at 5 m/s. Once the train is on open track, it can speed up to 45 m/s. If it takes a train 8 seconds to reach 45 m/s, what is the acceleration of the train? m/s2

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Until a train is a safe distance from the station, it must travel at 5 m/s. Once the train is on open track, it can speed up to 45 m/s. If it takes a train 8 seconds to reach 45 m/s, what is the acceleration of the train?

m/s2