A soccer player is running upfield at 10m/s and comes to a stop in 3 seconds facing the same direction. What is his acceleration

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Pansy

22 November, 16:16

A soccer player is running upfield at 10m/s and comes to a stop in 3 seconds facing the same direction. What is his acceleration

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Heidi Anderson · Answer 1

-10/3m/s2. The formula for acceleration is (Final speed - initial speed) / time.

Thus, (0m/s - 10m/s) / 3s is 10m/s/3s which then can be simplified to / 10/3m/s2