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Acceleration and velocity

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Problem

A rocket ship starts from rest and turns on its forward booster rockets, causing it to have a constant acceleration of 4ms2 rightward.
After 3s, what will be the velocity of the rocket ship?
Answer using a coordinate system where rightward is positive.
  • Your answer should be
  • an exact decimal, like 0.75
ms