ACCELERATION QUESTIONS
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  1. A car changes its speed from 5 m/s to 20 m/s in 3 seconds. Find its acceleration.

  2. A truck changes its speed from 12 m/s to 36 m/s in 8 seconds. Find its acceleration.

  3. A motorbike changes its speed from 20 m/s to 80 m/s in 6 seconds. Find its acceleration.

  4. An object on Mars falls with a speed of 19 m/s. 8 seconds later its speed is 49.4 m/s. Find its acceleration.

  5. A rock on Jupiter falls with a speed of 5 m/s. Two seconds later its speed is 54.8 m/s. Find its acceleration.

  6. A runner is travelling with a speed of 4.5 m/s. She increases her speed to 7.1 m/s in 0.8 seconds. Find her acceleration.

  7. A jogger changes his speed from 1.4 m/s to 3.27 m/s in 0.55 seconds. Find his acceleration.

  8. A cheetah accelerates from a speed of 2.2 m/s to 7.16 m/s in 0.4 seconds. Find its acceleration.

  9. A horse has a speed of 4 m/s. It accelerates at a rate of 2.5 m/s2 for 3 seconds.
    Calculate its speed at the end of the three seconds.

  10. A stone falls at a speed of 2 m/s. It accelerates at a rate of 10 m/s2 for 4 seconds.
    Calculate its speed after the four seconds.

  11. A stone falls from rest and accelerates at a rate of 10 m/s2. Calculate its speed after 2.5 seconds.

  12. A golf ball falls from rest on the Moon. It accelerates at a rate of 1.6 m/s2.
    What is its speed after 0.75 seconds?