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A spacecraft starts from rest, and makes a journey to a destination 355000 km from its starting point. It does so by accelerating at a constant rate of 14.76 m/s^2 up to the midpoint of the journey, and then decelerates at the same constant rate of 14.76 m/s^2 for the second half of the journey, ending at rest. How long did the entire journey take?
a. 3 hr 20 minb. 2 hr 43 minc. 1 hr 56 mind. 6 hr 41 min
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