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For a start, acceleration doesn't even have the same units as velocity: acceleration is a velocity divided by time, so while speed or velocity have units of [distance]/[time], acceleration has units of [distance]/[time squared]

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Q: How is average velocity different from acceleration?
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Is Acceleration is the magnitude of average velocity?

No. Acceleration is (change of velocity) divided by (time interval in which it changed). If velocity doesn't change, then there is no acceleration.


Find average acceleration and instanious acceleration?

average acceleration is the average of the acceleration of a body in its entire motion where as instantaneous acceleration is the rate of change of velocity at an instant. it may be a function of time or velocity or displacement.


Is velocity the same as acceleration?

Both are vectors. But acceleration and velocity have different dimensions. Acceleration is defined as the rate of change of velocity.


Can calculate average acceleration of an obj ect given change in velocity with respect to time?

Acceleration is the derivative of the velocity expression. If you have an equation for velocity, simply take the derivative of it and you will have an equation for the average acceleration.


How is acceleration calcuated?

Dividing change of velocity by the time it takes to change the velocity. If acceleration is not constant, this will give you the average acceleration during the period; to get the instantaneous acceleration, you have to take the derivative of the velocity.


How velocity different from speed?

Velocity is acceleration and direction put together. The velocity of something changes if either acceleration or direction changes. Speed is just the average MPH measure. Velocity is not acceleration and direction put together. In that kind of description, velocity is is speed and direction put together. Velocity is a vector, whose size is the speed.


Can bodies with different velocities have same acceleration?

Yes, velocity is acceleration x time. If acceleration is the same, velocity can be different as it changes with time. For example a car accelerating with constant acceleration will have a different velocity after 5 seconds than it will have at 2 seconds.


How is acceleration similar to velocity?

Acceleration is the RATE OF CHANGE of velocity. That means that acceleration and velocity have different units.The only similarity is that both are defined as rates of change.


Is acceleration equal to initial velocity minus the final velocity divided by the time?

No, It is the average velocity.


What is an example of average acceleration?

All acceleration in real life is an average figure = velocity increase / time


When average velocity is equal to its instantaneous velocity acceleration?

you are still. motion is at rest.


An object has initial velocity in the upward direction a final velocity in the downward direction and undergoes constant acceleration What can you say about its average acceleration?

If, as you say, its acceleration is "constant", then the average is exactly equal to that constant.