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ACTIVITY 5: SOLVE ACCELERATION
Direction: Solve the following problems below. Show your solution.
1. During a race, a sprinter increases from 5.0 m/s to 7.5 m/s
oveer a period of 1.25 s. What is the sprinter's average
acceleration during this period?
2. A student running in a track meet started a run by reaching
200 m in 30 s. She then ran 300 m in 30 s. What was her
acceleration?
3. A car travels at 90 km/h. What is its acceleration in 3.00 h if
it started from rest?
4. You are driving on the highway at 26 m/s when the speed
limit increases. You accelerate at 2 m/s^2 for 5 s. What is the
final velocity of the car?
5. A car travelling at a speed of 30.0 m/s encounters an
emergency and comes to a complete stop. Hw much time will
it take for the car to stop if its rate of decerelation is 4.0
m/s^2?
Answers & Comments
Answer:
1. 2 m/s²
2. 3.33 m/s2
4. 16 m/s
5. 7.5 m/s