Note down the top speed of 10 different vehicles and calculate their acceleration in 0-1 sec
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Acceleration
You can calculate the acceleration of an object from its change in velocity and the time taken.
Velocity is not exactly the same as speed. Velocity has a direction as well as a speed. For example, 15 m/s is a speed, but 15 m/s North is a velocity (North is the direction).
Commonly velocities are + (which means forwards) or - (which means backwards).
For example, -15 m/s means moving backwards at 15 metres every second.
The equation
When an object moves in a straight line with a constant acceleration, you can calculate its acceleration if you know how much its velocity changes and how long this takes.
\text{acceleration (metre per second squared)} = \frac{change~in~velocity~(metre~per~ second)}{time~taken~ (second,~s)}
The units for acceleration are commonly written as m/s/s or m/s2. The equation for acceleration can also be represented as:
a = (v-u) \div t
where:
a is acceleration in m/s/s or m/s2
v is final velocity in m/s
u is initial velocity in m/s
t is time in s
For example, a car accelerates in 5 s from 25 m/s to 3 5m/s. Its velocity changes by 35 - 25 = 10 m/s. Therefore its acceleration is 10 ÷ 5 = 2 m/s2