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Acceleration worksheet #1
Solve the following acceleration problems. Dont forget the units!! Circle your final answer. 1. A cheetah moves from 600 km/min to 1800 km/min while chasing a fawn. If this acceleration takes place over a 3.25 second time interval, what is the acceleration of the cheetah?

2. A plane, starting from rest, reaches 110 mi/h at the end of the runway. It takes the plane 7.82 seconds to reach the end of the runway. What is the planes acceleration?

3. A bullet is traveling at 600 m/s when it strikes a target and completely stops. What acceleration did the bullet experience if it came to a complete stop in 1.38 seconds?

4. Seeing a police officer monitoring traffic, Mr. Smith slows his car from 78 mi/h to 58 mi/h in 2.14 seconds. What is the acceleration of the car?

5. In a drag race, a car will accelerate from zero to 180 mi/h while traveling one quarter of a mile. If it takes .258 min for the car to travel this distance, what is the acceleration of the car?

6. While hooking up to the International Space Station, the Space Shuttle must use its retrorockets to decelerate the Shuttle. If the Shuttle is moving at .392 km/min and fires its retrorockets for 9.36 sec, what is the acceleration of the Shuttle when it reaches a speed of .186 km/min?

7. A snail is traveling at 24.5 cm/hr. The snail accelerates itself to 28.2cm/hr during a 23.4 min time interval. What is the acceleration of the snail?