A car speeds up from 13 m/s to 23 m/s in 30 seconds. What is the acceleration of the car?

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A car speeds up from 13 m/s to 23 m/s in 30 seconds. What is the acceleration of the car?
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In order to find acceleration, you must do change in speed divided by time taken. So in this case, the change in speed is 23m/s - 13m/s which is 10m/s and we divide that by 30. So 10 divided by 30 is 0.3 (recurring) m/s² which is the answer.