Question

A car traveling at 23 m/s starts to decelerate steadily. It comes to a complete stop in 5 seconds. What is its acceleration?

Answer 1

We could determine the acceleration using this formula
$\boxed{a= \dfrac{v_{1}-v_{0}}{t} }$

Given from the question v₀ = 23 m/s, v₁ = 0 (the car stops), t = 5 s
plug in the numbers
$a= \dfrac{v_{1}-v_{0}}{t}$
$a= \dfrac{0-23}{5}$
$a= \dfrac{-23}{5}$
a = -4.6
The acceleration is -4.6 m/s²