Basidiomycete fungi ballistically eject millions of spores into the air by releasing the surface tension energy of a water droplet condensing on the spore. The spores are ejected with typical speeds of 1.09 m/s, allowing them to clear the "boundary layer" of still air near the ground to be carried away and dispersed by winds.
(a) If a given spore is accelerated from rest to 1.09 m/s in 7.85 µs, what is the magnitude of the constant acceleration of the spore (in m/s^2) while being ejected?
