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Please help it’s my last question. What is the acceleration of the object in the graph?

Please help it’s my last question. What is the acceleration of the object in the graph-example-1
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Answer: the answer is A

Step-by-step explanation:

User Lytol
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Answer:

-0.8 m/s²

Step-by-step explanation:

All you need to do here is find the slope of that line. And since it's a line, it doesn't matter what two points you pick to do it; since the slope is the same throughout.

Slope = (y_2 - y_1)/(x_2 - x_1)

But in this case:

  • x = time (s)
  • y = velocity (m/s)

*Which is where the units for acceleration come from.

I chose the points (0,12) and (4,10) to get:

Acceleration = Slope = (4-12)/(10-0) = -8/10 = -0.8 m/s²

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