Acceleration 2021
Acceleration 2021
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Acceleration
• Acceleration is the change in velocity per unit time.
• Acceleration =
Final velocity –starting velocity
Time taken for the change
• This equation refers only to a change in speed, It is measured in m/s/s
not direction.
What is changing in each picture? What remained the same?
Positive and negative acceleration
down the
ramp.
A man running for a bus
speeds up from 1m/s to
5m/s in 2 seconds. What is
his acceleration?
= 5m/s – 1m/s
• Acceleration = Final velocity – starting
velocity
• Time 2s
taken for the change= 4m/s
2s
= 2m/s/s
• In 10 seconds a cheetah changes her speed
from 5m/s to 10m/s. What is her acceleration?
= 10m/s – 5m/s
10s
= 5m/s
10s
= 0.5 m/s/s
A Bomb bird accelerates
from 1 m/s to 15 m/s in 1
second East.