At a drag race, the light turns green and 0.00125 hours later, a dragster is travelling 300 miles per hour. Calculate the acceleration of the dragster

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Kaylah Sweeney

Physics

10 May, 08:59

At a drag race, the light turns green and 0.00125 hours later, a dragster is travelling 300 miles per hour. Calculate the acceleration of the dragster

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Isabelle Rangel · Answer 1

240,000 miles / hourÂ˛ Average acceleration can be calculated by dividing the change in speed by the elapsed time. Since the dragster's speed was 0 when the light turned green, the change in speed is simply 300 mph. Now, divide that by the time: 300 mph / 0.00125 hours = 240,000 miles / hourÂ˛ By the way, 0.00125 hours is just 4.5 seconds!