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Speed, or velocity, is measured in distance per second; it is the rate of change of distance with time.Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity with time, or distance per second per second, which is distance per seconds squared,

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Why seconds are s2 (squared) in the acceleration formula?

Seconds are not squared in the acceleration formula. The units for acceleration are meters per second squared (m/s^2), where the time unit (seconds) is squared to represent the change in velocity over time.


What does the slope of an acceleration-position graph indicate?

Meters/seconds squared


Value of gravitational acceleration in centimeter per seconds squared?

On Earth, that is about 980.


How do you measure an objects acceleration?

Depending on what information you are given but in general, the average Acceleration of an object is the change in speed/time. for example: a plane is flying at 100 m/s initially and after 10 seconds, at 500 m/s, what is the avg acceleration 500-100/10= 40 m/s^2 (squared)


If a car goes in 6.8 seconds how do you figure out the acceleration?

To calculate acceleration, you need to know the initial velocity of the car and its final velocity after 6.8 seconds. The acceleration can be found using the formula: acceleration = (final velocity - initial velocity) / time.


How Two meters per second squared is a measure of?

metres/second2 is a measurement of acceleration


Why are seconds squared?

Seconds are squared in physics when calculating quantities that involve acceleration, such as in the formula for acceleration ( a = \frac{\Delta v}{\Delta t} ). Here, velocity (( v )) is measured in meters per second (m/s), and when you take the change in velocity over a change in time (seconds), the time component is squared to reflect the rate of change of velocity per unit of time. This results in units of meters per second squared (m/s²) for acceleration, indicating how much velocity changes per second.


Accleration is 9.8 meters or seconds?

Acceleration is measured in m/s2 (metres per second squared)


What is the acceleration of 10 feet per second 6 seconds later and 70 feet per seconds?

10 feet per second squared


What is the velocity if travel 5.7 meters per second squared for 4 seconds?

Velocity can be measured in metres per second, not metres per second squared. Acceleration is measured in metres per second squared but knowing only the acceleration does not help in finding the velocity.


What do you measure acceleration in?

Metres per second squared (m/s^2 , m/s2 )


What goes from 0 to 120 in three seconds flat?

Something that has a constant acceleration of 13.3 per second squared

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