Calculate the acceleration of a bus whose speed changes from 7 m/s to 16 m/s over a period of 5 s.

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Roderick Hanson

30 September, 01:14

Calculate the acceleration of a bus whose speed changes from 7 m/s to 16 m/s over a period of 5 s.

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Paula Lucas · Answer 1

Let’s do this together!

Okay so the acceleration formula is vf-vi over time.

So the initial velocity (vi) 7m/s final velocity (vf) is 16m/s so we’re going to subtract 16-7 which is 9

M/s

So the time is 5s so 9m/s divided into 5s is 1.8m/s/2

So the answer is 1.8m/s2