Question

A VW Beetle goes from 0 to 60.0 mi/h with an acceleration of +2.35 m/s^2. (a) How much time does it take for the beetle to reach this speed? (b) A top-fuel dragster can go from 0 to 30 mi/h in 0.600 s. Find the acceleration (in m/s^2) of the dragster?

Answer 1

Im going to tell you what to do but not the result. So pay close attention: the first thing you need to do is convert miles/h to m/s. Then for the part a) divide the final velocity by the initial velocity. That will give you the amount of it will take to accelerate to the final velocity.Now for the part b you use the formula v=vo+at. I hope this can help you