Acceleration Calculation & Graphs

Billy was driving his car and when he reached the tollbooth he slowed from 190m/s to 12m/s in 20 second.

• -8.9m/s²
• 8.9m/s²
• 9.8m/s²
• -9.8m/s²

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The speed boats speed increased from 0m/s to 24m/s in a time span of 12 seconds.

• 4 m/s²
• 2 m/s²
• 8 m/s²
• 6 m/s²

A boat increases its speed from 16 m/s to 96 m/s in 5 seconds.

• 10 m/s²
• 16 m/s²
• 14 m/s²
• 12 m/s²

A rolling soccer ball decelerated from 22 m/s to 8 m/s in 12 sec.

• -1.17 m/s²
• .5 m/s²
• 1.17 m/s²
• 2 m/s²

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The unit for Acceleration is usually

• m/s

• m/s²

• m

• s

A Ninja motorbike travelling at 55 m/s takes 5 sec to come to rest. What is its deceleration rate?

• 11 m/s²

• -11 m/s²

• -11 m/s

• 10 m/s²

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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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Which graph represents the greatest acceleration?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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A car turns right without slowing down. Is this an example of acceleration?

• No, acceleration is the increase or decrease in speed.

• Yes, because the car changed directions.

• Yes, because the car increased it's speed.

• No, because the car did not change directions.

What car has the fastest acceleration?

• Car goes from 0-60 Mph in 3 seconds
• Car goes from 0-60 Mph in 4 seconds
• Car goes from 0-60 Mph in 5 seconds
• Car goes from 0-60 Mph in 6 seconds

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