Acceleration

Janine Raphaelle Loveres

Gibbs Ambion
John Paul Jandayan
ACCELERATION
- Rate of a change in velocity.
- A vector quantity.
- Change in velocity over the elapsed time
- It has a unit meter per second squared(m/s2),
kilometer per hour squared(km/h2), miles per hour
squared (m/n2)

Instantaneous Acceleration
- The rate of a tangent slope of a graph signifying
velocity versus time.

Average Acceleration = change in velocity

Elapsed time

Uniformly Accelerated Motion

- The simplest type of accelerated motion is
uniformly, defined as motion in a straight line which
the direction is always the same and the speed
changes at a constant rate.

Average Acceleration = ΔV ti= 0 then

t tf = t

Average Acceleration = vf- vi A ave = vf –vi

tf- ti t

Positive Acceleration – Velocity increases

Negative Acceleration – Velocity decreases
1. Determine the acceleration of a vehicle if its velocity increases
from m/s to 40 m/s in 10 seconds.
Given:
Vi = 20m/s A ave = vf – vi
Vf = 40 m/s t
t = 10 seconds = 40 m/s – 20 m/s
10
2
= 2 m/s

2. When the car is decelerating the final velocity is zero. If it’s

initial velocity is 45 km/h and it steps in 0.75 hour. Find the
acceleration of the car.
Given:
Vi = 45 km/h A ave = Vf – Vi
Vf = 0 t
T = o.75 = 0 – 45 km/h
0.75 h
= - 60 km /h2

3. When the crakes of a certain car are applied a deceleration of 6

m/s2 is produced. How much time will it take to bring the car to
stop from an initial velocity of 110 km/h?

Given:
a = - 6 m/s
Vf = 0
Vi = 110 km/h = 30.56 m/s
t=?

Vi = 110 km (1000 m) (1h)

1h (1 km) (3600 s)

= 110 000 m t = 0.110 km/h

3600 s 77760km/h2
= 30. 56 m/s t = 0. 0014
 A ave= Vf – Vi
T
At = Vf - Vi
a a

= 0 - 30.56 m/s = 5. 09 sec

- 6 m/s2
a = 6 m/s2

6m (1km) (3600s) (3600s)

S2 (1000m) (1h) (1h)

a = -77 760 km/h2

4. Graph of position (distance) as a function of time.

Slope = y2 – y1
x2 – x1

J = d2 – d1
t2 – t1