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    A car is traveling on a freeway at 50 mph with the cruise control set at 50 mph. Another car is trav

    A car is traveling on a freeway at 50 mph with the cruise control set at 50 mph. Another car is traveling at 90 mph with the cruise control set at 90 mph. Which car has a higher acceleration? Acceleration means a change in speed. Neither car has a change in speed, so both cars have the same...
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    A 50-pound bowling ball and an 8-pound bowling ball are dropped from a tall building. Which ball wil

    A 50-pound bowling ball and an 8-pound bowling ball are dropped from a tall building. Which ball will hit first? They will land at the same time How fast something falls due to gravity is determined by a number known as the "acceleration of gravity", which is 9.81 m/s^2 at the surface of our...
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