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Grade upto college level Mechanics

An iceboat sails across the surface of a frozen lake with con- stant acceleration produced by the wind. At a certain instant its velocity is src=data:image/png;base64,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. Three seconds later the boat is instantaneously at rest. What is its acceleration during this interval?

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11 Years agoGrade upto college level
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Profile image of Deepak Patra
11 Years ago
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The acceleration vector of the boat is:
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