Question

What is the acceleration of a ball traveling horizontally with an initial velocity os 20 meters/second and ,2.0 seconds later, a velocity of 30 meters/second?

Answer 1

Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity, so can be calculated by:
a = v2 - v1 / t where v2 and v1 are the final and initial velocities of the object respectively and t is the time taken. Therefore the acceleration is:
a = 30 m/s - 20 m/s / 2.0 s = 10 m/s / 2.0 s = 5 m/(s^2)
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