Question

What is the acceleration of an object that begins at 2 meters per second and after 5 minutes is travelling at 1 meter per second?

Answer 1

a=
`-0.003m/s^(2)`

Step-by-step explanation:

a=
`(vf-vi)/(t)`

a=
`(1m/s-2m/s)/(300s)` (convert 5 mins to seconds --> 300s)

a=
`-0.003m/s^(2)`