Question

xander was traveling at a velocity of 4.5 m/s and 3.5 seconds. Finley was traveling at a velocity of 3.6 m/s for 4.2 seconds. Max was traveling at a velocity of 7.3 m/s for 1.2 seconds. They all started at the same location. Which lists them from least to most acceleration?

Answer 1

To compare and rank each one's acceleration, get the acceleration of each person by using the formula, Acceleration = Velocity/Time

Xander = 4.5mps / 3.5s = 1.29m/s^2
Finley = 3.6mps/4.2s = 0.86m/s^2
Max = 7.3mps/1.2s = 6.08m/s^2

Based on the answers above, the least acceleration was done by Finley, then Xander had higher acceleration than Finley, while most acceleration was done by Max.