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You have two equations that must be be solved:
d=1/2 a * t^2
v=a * t

Take the first one:
d=3,670,052,070 miles total, we want half of that, or 1,835,026,035 miles
a=32 ft/sec^2 which is 0.00606 mile/sec^2
From that, you can get the travel time to the halfway point at constant acceleration of G.

Then, you use the same value for "a" and the derived value for "t" to solve for "v", which will be your velocity at that point.

The distance measurements are the average Sun/Pluto distance. If you want the actual Earth/Pluto distance, you have to state a date, since they vary between 38.5 and 40.5 AU.
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