If an object with uniform acceleration (or deceleration) has a speed of #5 m/s# at #t=0# and moves a total of 125 m by #t=8#, what was the object's rate of acceleration?
1 Answer
Jan 28, 2016
The acceleration is
Explanation:
We will use the following equation to determine acceleration.
where
However, we must first determine the final velocity using the following equation.
where
Now that we have the final velocity, we can use the first equation to determine the acceleration.