Question

How do you find acceleration?

Answer 1

Acceleration:

1. The rate of change of velocity is known as acceleration.
2. Usually, acceleration means the speed is changing, but not always. When an object moves in a circular path at a constant speed, it is still accelerating, because the direction of its velocity is changing.

The general formula of acceleration:

1. We already know that velocity is a speed with direction, therefore, it is a vector quantity. The acceleration “a” is given as:
   $\mathrm{a}=\frac{\mathrm{Change}\mathrm{in}\mathrm{velocty}}{\mathrm{Time}\mathrm{taken}}$
2. This formula states that the rate of change in velocity is the acceleration, or if the velocity of an object changes from its initial value “u” to the final value “v”, then the expression can be simply written as:
   $\mathrm{a}=\frac{\left(\mathrm{v}-\mathrm{u}\right)}{\mathrm{t}}$