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Jorge SLOWED DOWN in order to stop at the cross walk, he DECREASED HIS
VELOCITY in 10 seconds.
This is also called DECELERATION.
Units?...
miles
Δv hour miles 1 miles
a = = = x =
Δt hour hour hour hour 2
m
The most common unit for acceleration is
s2
Example
Luna the cat was running at 15 meters per second (m/s) toward a bowl
of milk, when suddenly she sees a dog in an alleyway! Luna increases her
speed to 25 m/s within 5 seconds. What was her acceleration?
m m m
∆ Velocity vEnd − vStart 25 s − 15 s 10 s m
= = = = 2
∆ Time tEnd − tStart 5s−0s 5s s2
Start End
15 m/s 25 m/s
0 seconds 5 seconds
Example
NO