Suppose you increase your walking speed from 5 m/s to 15 m/s in a period of 1 s. What is your acceleration?

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The definition of accelerations is the change of speed by unit of time

                                change in speed         Δv
=> acceleration = -------------------------- = ------
                                 time elapsed              Δt

                              [15 m/s - 5m/s]
=> acceleration = ----------------------- = [10 m/s] / 1 s = 10m/s^2

Answer: 10 m/s^2
                                        1s

Novay_Z [31]3 years ago

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Using the kinematics equation vf = vi + at we plug in all known values 15 = 5 + a*1 solving for a we get 10m/s^2

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14.14 m/s

Explanation:

As total mechanical energy is conserved, if the potential energy is the same at Chad's position no matter if the ball is travelling up or down, then its kinetic energy, and speed, is also the same too.

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