Acceleration: An auto manufacturer advertises that their car can go "from zero to sixty in eight seconds." This is a description of what characteristic of the car's motion?

A. average speed
B. instantaneous speed
C. average acceleration
D. instantaneous acceleration
E. displacement


Answer: C

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