Find the average acceleration

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Find the average acceleration of the tip of the 2.4-cm long hour hand in the interval noon to 6pm.

I found the average velocity is -2.2x10^6 but I'm not sure how to go about finding acceleration. If someone has a few minutes can we chat and you can explain the set up to me?

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Average velocity is displacement over time: in this case, $4.8$ cm in $6$ hours. That won't help much with computing average acceleration.

Average acceleration is change in velocity over time. The speed of the tip of the hand doesn't change, but between noon and $6$ pm its direction reverses. So the change in velocity is equal to twice the speed. Divide by $6$ hours.