153k views
4 votes
A car traveling at 34 m/s starts to decelerate steadily. It comes to a complete stop in 6 seconds. What is its acceleration?

Your answer: Answer. Units

User Tom Lianza
by
6.2k points

1 Answer

3 votes
The acceleration of the object described above is calculated by dividing the given initial velocity by the time it took for it to completely stop. That is,

a = Vi / t

Substituting the known values,

a = (34 m/s) / 6 s = 5.67 m/s²

The answer to this item is -5.67 m/s² because the motion of the object is that it is coming to a full stop from high velocity motion.
User Elukem
by
6.9k points