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If A Car Goes 0 To 60 In Three Seconds How Many Feet Will The Car Travel In 3 Seconds?

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Presumably, you are not interested in the distance traveled during just any 3-second period. You probably want to know the distance traveled during the 3-second period of acceleration from 0 to 60 mph.

The average speed over that distance is 30 mph = (1/2)(0 mph + 60 mph). The distance traveled in 3 seconds at 30 mph is
(3 sec)*(30 mile/hour)(1 hour/(3600 sec)) = 90/3600 mile = 1/40 mile
= (1/40 mile)(5280 ft/mile) = 5280/40 ft = 132 ft.

A car that can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 3 seconds can do so in 132 ft (if the acceleration is constant--which it rarely is with a car).

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