A new car manufacturer advertises that their car can go "from zero to sixty in 8 s." This is a description of
A) average acceleration.
B) instantaneous speed.
C) average speed.
D) instantaneous acceleration.
E) none of the given answers.

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The phrase "from zero to sixty in 8 s" describes the change in velocity (from 0 to 60 mph) over a time period (8 seconds), which is the definition of average acceleration.

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