Question

A car is accelerated at a constant rate from 15 m/s to 25 m/s. It takes the car 6 s to reach its final speed. What is the car’s acceleration?

Answer 1

Answer:

1.67 m/s²

Explanation:

The car’s acceleration can be found by using the formula

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

where

v is the final velocity

u is the initial velocity

t is the time taken

a is the acceleration

From the question we have

$a = \frac{25 - 15}{6} = \frac{10}{6} = \frac{5}{3} \\ = 1.666666...$

We have the final answer as

1.67 m/s²

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