Calculating Acceleration
Time to travel
0.25 m
# of
washers
Acceleration
Initial
velocity
V1
(m/s)
Time to travel
0.50 m
Final
velocity
V2
(m/s)
ti
t2
a = (v2-0)/(t2-t)
(m/s)
(s)
(s)
0.13
0.36
1.92
I
2.61
The acceleration of the car with the data in the table above would be
m/s?
If the applied force were cut in half, what do you predict the acceleration would be?
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