Acceleration Practice Problems

A roller coasters accelerates from an initial velocity of of 6.0 m/s to a final velocity of 70 m/s over 4 seconds.  What's the acceleration?

• 24 m/s²
• 18 m/s²
• 16 m/s²
• 16 m/s

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A box at rest starts sliding down an inclined plane for 3 seconds, until it reaches a velocity of 27 m/s. What is the boxes acceleration?

• 30 m/s

• 24 m/s²

• 9 m/s²

• 81 km/hr

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A dog runs with an initial speed of 7.5 m/s on a waxed floor. It slides to a stop in 15 seconds. What is the acceleration?

• -7.5 m/s

• -7.5 m/s²

• -0.5 m/s²

• 7.5 mi//hr

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A car starts from rest at a stop light and reaches 20 m/s in 3.5 s. Determine the acceleration of the car.

• 2.2m/s²
• 7.0m/s²
• 5.7m/s²
• 70m/s²

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Billy was driving his car and when he reached the tollbooth he slowed down with an acceleration of -8.9 m/s² for 20 seconds. If he started with an initial velocity of 190m/s, what is his final veloctiy?

• -12 m/s

• 12 m/s

• 202 m/s

• -.93 m/s

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A running horse increases his speed from 15 m/s to 42 m/s at an acceleration of 9 m/s². How long did this take the horse?

• 5 s

• 4 s

• 6 s

• 3 s

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Acceleration is defined as the CHANGE in 

• time it takes for one place to move to another place. 
• velocity of an object.
• distance divided by the time interval 
• velocity divided by the time interval 

Why does a car accelerate as it round a corner at a constant speed?

• Its direction changes
• It doesn't
• It slows down
• Its speeds up  

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When are you undergoing an acceleration in a car? (Check all that apply)

• speed up

• slow down

• make turns

• stopped

A negative acceleration means that your object is _____. 

• not accelerating
• not moving
• speeding up 
• slowing down