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a bicyclist is going 200m/s. after 10 seconds the bicyclist is going 150m/s. what is his acceleration

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Acceleration: rate of change of velocity with time.

Here, that acceleration is:


100 m/s - 150 m/s

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10 sec

= (-150 m/s) / (10 sec) = - 15 meters per second squared

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