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An airplane traveling at 60 m/s comes to a stop in 10 seconds. Calculate the airplane’s acceleration. Show the appropriate formula and show your work with units in order to receive credit. (Chapter 2 – Pages 57-58)

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Answer:

Airplanes acceleration is [tex]-6 m/s^2[/tex]

Explanation:

Acceleration is defined as the rate of change of velocity with time.

Acceleration is defined as the rate of change of velocity. It is given by the equation

[tex]a= \frac{v-u}{t}[/tex]

In the given question the airplane travelling at the speed of 60 comes to a stop in 10 seconds.

                Thus initial velocity  u= [tex]60 m/s [/tex]

                 Final velocity v=[tex]0 m/s [/tex]

                 time  t=[tex]10 s[/tex]

Acceleration [tex]a= \frac{0-60}{10}[/tex]

                               = [tex]\frac{-60}{10}[/tex]  

                               = [tex]-6 m/s^2[/tex]