Question

A baseball player is dashing toward home plate with a speed of 5.6 m/s when she decides to hit the dirt. She slides for 1.5 s , just reaching the plate as she stops (safe, of course). Calculate the acceleration.

Answer 1

-3.73 m/s^2

Explanation:

Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity and we can calculate it as follows:

`a=(v_2-v_1)/(\Delta t)`

Replacing:

`\begin{gathered} a=(0-5.6)/(1.5) \\ a=-3.73m/s^2 \end{gathered}`

The baseball's player's deceleration is 3.73 m/s^2