Acceleration Worksheet. 14.

2 Acceleration

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Acceleration is the rate of change in the speed of an object. To determine the rate of acceleration, you use the formula below. The units for acceleration are meters per second per second or m/s2.

A positive value for acceleration shows speeding up, and negative value for acceleration shows slowing down. Slowing down is also called deceleration. The acceleration formula can be rearranged to solve for other variables such as final speed (v2 and time (t .

EXAMPLES !. A s"ater increases her velocity from 2.# m/s to !#.# m/s in $.# seconds. %hat is the s"ater&s acceleration' Looking for Acceleration of the s"ater Given )eginning speed * 2.# m/s +inal speed * !#.# m/s ,hange in time * $ seconds Relationship Solution

The acceleration of the s"ater is 2.( meters per second per second.

2. A car accelerates at a rate of $.# m/s2. -f its original speed is ..# m/s, how many seconds will it ta"e the car to reach a final speed of 2/.# m/s' Looking for The time to reach the final speed. Given )eginning speed * ..# m/s0 +inal speed * 2/.# m/s Acceleration * $.# m/s2 Relationship Solution

` The time for the car to reach its final speed is /.( seconds.

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!. %hile traveling along a highway a driver slows from 21 m/s to !/ m/s in !2 seconds. %hat is the automobile&s acceleration' (2emember that a negative value indicates a slowing down or deceleration.

2. A parachute on a racing dragster opens and changes the speed of the car from ./ m/s to 1/ m/s in a period of 1./ seconds. %hat is the acceleration of the dragster'

$. The table below includes data for a ball rolling down a hill. +ill in the missing data values in the table and determine the acceleration of the rolling ball.
Time (seconds) Speed (km h)

# (start 2

# (start $ 3 4

. !# Acceleration * 555555555555555555555555555 !/

1. A car traveling at a speed of $#.# m/s encounters an emergency and comes to a complete stop. 6ow much time will it ta"e for the car to stop if it decelerates at 71.# m/s2'

/. -f a car can go from # to 3# mi/hr in ..# seconds, what would be its final speed after /.# seconds if its starting speed were /# mi/hr'

! of 4 3. A cart rolling down an incline for /.# seconds has an acceleration of 1.# m/s2. -f the cart has a beginning speed of 2.# m/s, what is its final speed'

(. A helicopter&s speed increases from 2/ m/s to 3# m/s in / seconds. %hat is the acceleration of this helicopter'

.. As she climbs a hill, a cyclist slows down from 2/ mi/hr to 3 mi/hr in !# seconds. %hat is her deceleration'

4. A motorcycle traveling at 2/ m/s accelerates at a rate of (.# m/s2 for 3.# seconds. %hat is the final speed of the motorcycle'

!#. A car starting from rest accelerates at a rate of ..# m/s/s. %hat is its final speed at the end of 1.# seconds'

!!. After traveling for 3.# seconds, a runner reaches a speed of !# m/s. %hat is the runner&s acceleration'

!2. A cyclist accelerates at a rate of (.# m/s2. 6ow long will it ta"e the cyclist to reach a speed of !. m/s'

!$. A s"ateboarder traveling at (.# meters per second rolls to a stop at the top of a ramp in $.# seconds. %hat is the s"ateboarder&s acceleration'

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