The driver of a car reduces her speed at a constant rate from 80 to 50 km / h, over a distance of 250 meters along a curve with a radius of 500 m. Determine the magnitude of the car's total acceleration at the time it has traveled 200 m along the curve.

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The driver of a car reduces her speed at a constant rate from 80 to 50 km / h, over a distance of 250 meters along a curve with a radius of 500 m. Determine the magnitude of the car's total acceleration at the time it has traveled 200 m along the curve.

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