Which has more acceleration when moving in a straight line- a car increasing its speed from 50 to 60 km/h or a bicycle that goes from zero to 10 km/h in the same time?

Respuesta :

We use the formula,

[tex]a = \frac{v- u}{\Delta t}[/tex]

Here, a is acceleration, u is the initial velocity, v is final velocity.

Let t hour be the time for both car and bicycle increasing its speed.

The acceleration of the car,

[tex]a = \frac{60-50}{t} = \frac{10}{t} \ km/h^2[/tex]

The acceleration of bicycle,

[tex]a = \frac{10-0}{t} = \frac{10}{t} \ km/h^2[/tex]

Thus, the accelerations for both car and bicycle for their increasing speed in same time will be same.