Practice Acceleration (2.5) - Motion in One Dimension

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Question 1.
What is the formula for acceleration?
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Remember it involves initial and final velocity.
Question 2.
Define negative acceleration.
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Think about braking in a car.
3Question 3.
What signifies positive acceleration?
- Speeding up
- Slowing down
- Constant speed
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Think about a car pressing the gas pedal.
4Question 4.
Acceleration is defined as what?
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Remember the formula we studied.
Question 5.
A train initially moving at 30 m/s accelerates at 2 m/s² for 15 seconds. Calculate its final velocity and the distance covered during this time.
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Use both the velocity and distance formulas.
Question 6.
An object is thrown upward with an initial velocity of 20 m/s. Considering the acceleration due to gravity as -9.8 m/s², how high does it rise before coming to a stop?
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Set the final velocity to 0 when it reaches the peak height.

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