The Physics of Everyday Phenomena
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780073513904
Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 2, Problem 28CQ
When a car accelerates uniformly from rest, which of these quantities increases with time: acceleration, velocity, and/or distance traveled? Explain.
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