Question

a car going 22 m/s accelerates to pass a truck. Five seconds later the car is going 35 m/s. Calculate the acceleration of the car

Answer 1

Using the formula

$a\: = \frac{v - u}{t}$

$a = \frac{35 m/s \: - \: 22 m/s}{5s}$

$a = 2.6 {m/s^2}$