If an object is moving at #4 m/s# and accelerates to #6 m/s# over 3 seconds, what was the object's rate of acceleration?

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Answer 1 · 2016-04-12T06:11:53

#a=2/3 m/s^2#

#v_i=4 m/s" initial velocity of object"#

#v_l=6 m/s" last velocity of object"#

#t=3 s#

#a=?" acceleration of object"#

#"the object's rate of acceleration is given as "a=(Delta v)/(Delta t)#

#Delta v=v_l-v_i=6-4=2 m/s#

#Delta t=3-0=3#

#a=2/3 m/s^2#