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If I'm accelerating at $2ft/s ^{2}$, how long does it take to reach $9.8MPH$?

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What did you try? – Bernhard Feb 21 at 16:29
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This reads like a homework question, though if it is one I don't approve of the use of $ft$ and $MPH$. And as @Bernhard said: please show some work and tell us where you're having difficulties. – Wouter Feb 21 at 16:31
Convert miles per hour to feet per second, and go from there. I'm trying not to just give you the answer. – Mike Dunlavey Feb 21 at 16:39
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Yeah, this site isn't a calculation service. P.S. @Wouter FYI the (un?)official policy of the site is that SI units are favored but not required. Personally I couldn't care less what units are used as long as the units are specified. – David Zaslavsky♦ Feb 21 at 18:50
@DavidZaslavsky I don't really care either but I do prefer SI units because they are (or at least they try to be) less arbitrary than other units. My comment was mostly a personal conviction ("I don't approve"), which I guess isn't really relevant... But still, I would encourage everyone to use SI at least in classical mechanics. Anyhow, I shouldn't discuss this here, so I won't. – Wouter Feb 21 at 19:27

closed as too localized by Ϛѓăʑɏ βµԂԃϔ, Qmechanic♦ Feb 21 at 16:38

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