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Acceleration is the change in velocity divided by the time it takes to make that change;

a= delta v/delta t

As you can see, the change in velocity for both vehicles is the same (10km/h), and the question states that they do it in the same amount of time. So the acceleration is the same;

delta v1/delta t1 = delta v2/delta t2 = a.

The fact that the motorcycle is already at a much higher speed is irrelevant.

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