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If a truck is moving at 4 m/s towards south and takes a town towards east the velocity changes to 3 m/s. If the turning time is 10 s, find the average acceleration of truck.

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Average Acceleration = $\frac{C h a n g e i n v e l o c i t y}{T i m e t a k e n} = \frac{\sqrt{3^{2} + 4^{2}}}{10} = 0.5 m / s^{2}$

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