Question

So I'm struggling with rearranging kinematic formulas. Does anyone have any steps or something to help.

Answer 1

Rearranging formulas is all about simple algebra rules. Just like when solving for x in an equation, you're just isolating whichever variable you want. I'll work this one out for you and hopefully it'll help, but if you need more explanation, then feel free to comment!

D = ViT + 0.5at²   Subtract ViT from both sides

D - ViT = 0.5at²    Divide both sides by 0.5t²

$\frac{D - ViT}{0.5t^{2} } = \frac{0.5at^{2} }{0.5t^{2} }$    I wrote this step out a little more to show how your fraction will cancel

$\frac{D - ViT}{0.5t^{2} }$= a    I like to flip these around so the single variable is on the right

a = $\frac{D - ViT}{0.5t^{2} }$