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If a car accelerates at a constant rate of 2.0 m s^-2 What does it mean and what will be the velocity after 1 minute?

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if a car is acclerating at a constant rate of 2m/s^2, it means that its velocity is increasing at the rate of 2m/s and after 1 one minute its velocity will increase by 60 ×2 = 120 m/s

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