Acceleration Word Problems
1. Find the acceleration of a car that has a final velocity of 50.5 km/hr after 1.6hours.
2. Find the acceleration of a train heading north that is traveling at 70.5 km/hr and
speeds up to 95.3 km/hr to reach its destination in 2.5 hours.
3. How long will it take a cyclist to reach a speed of 70.6 m/s if he accelerates at
10.2 m/s/s?
4. Find the final velocity of a plane heading north if it accelerated at 52.5 km/hr/hr
and reached its destination in 2 .6 hr?
5. The final velocity of a sailboat is 45 m/s. If it had been traveling at 22.5 m/s, how
long did it take to accelerate 2.2m/s/s?
6.
A sailboat was moving at 22.6 m/s when a strong wind increases its speed and
caused it to accelerate at 4.4 m/s/s If the wind gust lasted for 10.2 seconds, how
fast was the sailboat traveling after the wind picked up?