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A cat runs a distance of 10.0 m in a time of 5.0 seconds. What is his speed?

2.0 m/s

A bird flies at a velocity of 12.0 m/s. It spots a bug and increases its velocity to 24.0 m/s to chase it down. This occurs in a time of 6.0 seconds. What is the acceleration?

2.0 m/s/s

A marathon runner runs 26 miles at a speed of 10.0 mi/hour. How long does it take them to finish the race?

2.6 hours

A bird flies at a speed of 5.0 m/s for a time of 5.0 seconds. How far does he travel?

25 meters

A dog chases a ball at a speed of 3.0 m/s for 9.0 meters. How much time did he run for?

3.0 seconds

A ball rolls down a hill. Its initial velocity is 2.0 m/s, but it increases its velocity to 10.0 m/s in a time of 2.0 seconds. What is its acceleration?

4.0 m/s/s

A roller coaster rolls down a hill. It starts with a velocity of 5.0 m/s then increases its velocity to 20.0 m/s in a time of 3.0 seconds. What is its acceleration?

5.0 m/s/s

A car travels a distance of 500.0 km for 10.0 hours. What is the car's speed?

50.0 km/hour

A ball, starting from rest, is dropped, After 2.0 seconds it reaches a velocity of 18 m/s. What is the acceleration of the ball?

9.0 m/s/s

4 m/s2

A car increases in speed from 2 m/s to 22 m/s in 5 seconds. What is the acceleration?

5 m/s2

A car increases in speed from 5 m/s to 20 m/s in 3 seconds. What is the acceleration?

24 m/s

A car starting from rest accelerates at 3 m/s/s for 8 seconds. What is its final speed?

25 m/s

A car starting from rest accelerates at 5 m/s/s for 5 seconds. What is its final speed?

4 s

A car starting from rest accelerates at a rate of 5 m/s/s to a final speed of 20 m/s. How much time does this take?

8 s

A car starting from rest accelerates at a rate of 8 m/s/s to a final speed of 64 m/s. How much time does this take?

3 m/s2

A car starts from rest and attains a speed of 12 m/s is 4 seconds. What is the acceleration?

decelaration

Slowing down also called negative acceleration

Acceleration

The rate at which velocity changes

What symbols represent ?

a = acceleration ( m/s^2) vf = final velocity ( m/s) vi = starting velocity ( m/s) t = time (s)

Acceleration formula symbols

a= (vf-vi) / t

speed

describes how quickly an object moves, calculated by dividing the distance traveled by the time it takes.

units for speed

m/s

units for acceleration

m/s/s or m/s^2

units for distance

metres

units for time

seconds

the X axis

time is plotted

Calculate the acceleration of a car that travels from 45 m/s to 0m/s in 3 seconds

-15m/s2

A dog chases a car at a velocity of 15.0 m/s. Over a time period of 7.0 seconds, he gets tired and slows down to a velocity of 1.0 m/s. What is his acceleration?

-2.0 m/s/s

A skateboarder travels at a velocity of 10.0 m/s. After 2.0 seconds, he crashes into a tree :( What is his acceleration?

-5.0 m/s/s

An airplane travels at a speed of 200 km/hour for 5 hours. How far does the airplane travel?

1000 km

7 m/s^2

A helicopter's speed increases from 25 m/s to 60 m/s in 5 seconds. What is the acceleration of this helicopter?

-2.33 m/s^2

A skateboarder traveling at 7.0 meters per second rolls to a stop at the top of a ramp in 3.0 seconds. What is the skateboarder's acceleration?

13 m/s

A thrower threw the discus 139 m through the air. The discuss flew for 10.7 seconds. What was the discuss' average speed?

Acceleration formula

Acceleration = change in velocity / time taken

2.33 m/s/s

After traveling for 6.0 seconds, a runner reaches a speed of 14 m/s. What is the runner's acceleration?

No acceleration, constant velocity