Section 3 (p56)

Question 1

What is acceleration?

Answer 1

The rate of change of velocity.

Question 2

What is centripetal acceleration?

Answer 2

Acceleration toward the center of a curved or circular path.

Question 3

What is the acceleration Equation?

Answer 3

acceleration = change in velocity (in meters/second)
(in meters/second) ——————————————————
time (in seconds)
a = vf-v
——
t