Answer:
Explanation:
The first part of this question is simply asking us to convert the speed from miles per hour to meters per second:
[tex]60.0\frac{mi}{hr}*\frac{1hr}{3600sec}*\frac{1609.34m}{1mi}=26.8\frac{m}{s}[/tex] choice C.
The next part wants us to use the equation for acceleration and find the acceleration:
[tex]a=\frac{v-v_0}{t}[/tex] where v is final velocity, v0 is initial velocity, and t is time in seconds (which was one of the reasons we had to convert the initial velocity from 60.0 mph to m/s):
[tex]a=\frac{26.8-0}{2.5}[/tex] and
a = 10.7 m/s/s, choice B.
