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Starting from rest, a car accelerates at a constant rate of 5.2 m/s2 for a total of 5 seconds. Compute the velocity of the car at 1 s, 2 s, 3 s, 4 s, and 5 s.
The values of velocity at 1 s, 2 s, 3 s, 4 s, and 5 s are ____m/s, ___m/s, ___m/s, ___m/s, and ___m/s, respectively.
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