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While traveling North along a highway a driver slows from 25 m/s to 15 m/s in 12 seconds. What is the

automobile's acceleration?

User Sachihiro
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Answer:

- 0.8333 m/s^2

Step-by-step explanation:

the equation for calculating acceleration that I have used is

(V2-V1)/t

where V2 is the final recorded velocity and V1 is the initial velocity and t is the duration of the acceleration.

which you plug the numbers in (15 - 25)/12 = 10/12 and because you are slowing down, it should be negative

I am in highschool honors physics so I am not college leveled, I might be wrong but I hope this is useful,

User Hans Holzbart
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