Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition
Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition
1st Edition
ISBN: 9780078807213
Author: Paul W. Zitzewitz
Publisher: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
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Chapter 3.2, Problem 40SSC
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To Explain: The way to calculate the acceleration of an automobile.

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Introduction:

Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity.

To measure the acceleration of a car one would require a speedometer and a stopwatch.

Then measure the speed of the vehicle at various time intervals noting down the time and the respective speed.

Plot a graph with time in the x axis and speed in the y axis. Calculate the slope which is the vertical change over the horizontal change. The slope will provide the acceleration of the automobile.

Conclusion:

Plot a graph of speed v/s time and calculate the slope which is the acceleration.

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