Scientists have studied two species of sand lizards, the Mojave fringe-toed lizard and the western zebra-tailed lizard, to understand the extent to which the different structure of the two species’ toes is related to their preferred habitats—fine sand for the Mojave lizard and coarse sand for the zebra-tailed lizard. Figure P2.63 shows a somewhat simplified velocity-versus-time graph for the Mojave fringe-toed lizard. 

a. Estimate the maximum acceleration of the lizard in both m/s 2 and g’s. 

b. Estimate its acceleration at t = 150 ms. 

c. Estimate how far it travels in the first 50 ms

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v, (m/s) 2.0+ 1.5- 1.0 0.5 0.0+ 1 (ms) 0 50 100 150 200 250 FIGURE P2.63