Riding your bike, you can accelerate at a rate of 1.5m/s^2. If you accelerate for 17 seconds, how much speed will you gain?

Question

Riding your bike, you can accelerate at a rate of 1.5m/s^2. If you accelerate for 17 seconds, how much speed will you gain?

 

(s) = seconds

 

SHOW WORK (Average Speed or Acceleration)

Answer 1

Use the formula

 

v = at

 

where:

v = velocity

a = acceleration

t = time

 

 

Since we know the acceleration and the time, plug in those values into the formula to find the speed v.