Question

A truck speeds up from velocity of 6m/s to 14m/s in 4 seconds. what is the trucks acceleration?

Answer 1

To calculate the acceleration of the truck, we use the equation of motion

$v = u + at$

Here, v is final velocity of the truck, u is initial velocity of truck, a is acceleration of the truck and t is time taken.

Given,  u = 6 m/s, v = 14 m/s and t = 4 s.

Substituting these values in above equation, we get

$14 \ m/s = 6 \ m/s + a \times 4 \ s \\\\ a = \frac{14 \ m/s - 6 \ m/s}{ 4 \ s } = 2 \ m /s^2$.

Thus,  the truck acceleration is $2 \ m /s^2$