The speed is changing its direction all the time. There
is an acceleration which changes the direction of the speed – that is called
centripetal acceleration. Only uniform linear motions are considered to have no
acceleration.
This is the general formula for acceleration
a = dv/dt
When calculating dv, you should keep in mind the change
in the velocity vector’s direction. You can easily see in a graph that with dt
tending to 0 (so the length of the arc covered is also tending to 0), the difference
between vectors Vf and V0 has a direction which is perpendicular to velocity
(the shorter the arc, the closest the angle is to 90 degrees).
There is a formula (which can be deducted from the
previous formula) which allows you to calculate the acceleration:
a = v^2/r
Let’s talk about the units:
v is in m/s
r is in m
so v^2/r
is in (m/s)^2/m = (m^2/s^2)/m = m/s^2
which is the same unit as dv/dt:
dv/dt = (m/s)/s= m/s^2
The awnser would be True. Hope I helped!
B I think. Newtons first law talks about how if some thing is traveling at like 5 mph it’ll stay at 5 mph forever until the force is put on it.
Explanation:
F = ma, and a = Δv / Δt.
F = m Δv / Δt
Given: m = 60 kg and Δv = -30 m/s.
a) Δt = 5.0 s
F = (60 kg) (-30 m/s) / (5.0 s)
F = -360 N
b) Δt = 0.50 s
F = (60 kg) (-30 m/s) / (0.50 s)
F = -3600 N
c) Δt = 0.05 s
F = (60 kg) (-30 m/s) / (0.05 s)
F = -36000 N
Average speed = (total distance covered) / (time to cover the distance)
-- Traveling at 40 mph for 1 hour, the distance covered is 40 miles.
-- Traveling at 60 mph for 1 hour, the distance covered is 60 miles.
-- Total distance covered = (40 miles) + (60 miles) = 100 miles
-- Total time = (1 hour) + (1 hour) = 2 hours
-- Average speed = (100 miles) / (2 hours)
<em>Average speed = 50 miles per hour</em>
