Why is acceleration 0.020 m/s² instead of 0.20 m/s² in this problem?

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Hi everyone, this is probably simple but i don't understand why the acceleration in the question is 0.20 m/s2 but in the answer an acceleration of 0.020 m/s2 is used? Can someone please explain why it changes? Thank you!

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For sure? I was thinking that lol but there are 3 parts to the question and they all use 0.020.
 
Sara077 said:
For sure? I was thinking that lol but there are 3 parts to the question and they all use 0.020.
Then the typo must have been in the problem statement.