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[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I use mph because that's what the speedometer reads. But mile/min² is easy to compute by dividing mile/hr/min by 60. Once the starting and ending speed are converted (assuming impulse is a constant) the law of accelleration neatly applies.