Acceleration

• Acceleration is measured in m/s^2
• Acceleration= change in velocity / time taken
• Change in velocity is measured in m/s
• Time taken is measured in seconds
• Change in velocity= final velocity - initial velocity
• Velocity is the speed of an object in a given direction.
• What is Newton's second law?

  The acceleration of an object is proportional to the resultant force and inversely proportional to the mass
• The equation for Newton's second law is:

  Force= mass x acceleration
• Inertial mass is a measure of how difficult it is to accelerate on an object
• Uniform acceleration is when the speed is changing at the same rate. So it is accelerating constantly.
• Uniform acceleration:

  (final velocity) ^2 - (inital velocity) ^2 = 2 x acceleration x distance
• v^2 - u^2 = 2as
• V represents the final velocity (m/s)
• U represents the inital velocity (m/s)
• A represents the acceleration (m/s^2)
• S represents the distance (m)