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jrguy86
Jan30-04, 09:37 AM
what are some good equations to find acceleration?

russ_watters
Jan30-04, 11:23 AM
f=ma of course.

Digit
Jan30-04, 04:21 PM
Let d = distance, v = velocity and a = acceleration
Then v =d(d)/dt
and
a = d(v)/dt
a = second derivative of d.

himanshu121
Jan31-04, 04:07 AM
\vec a= \frac{dv_x}{dt} i +\frac{dv_y}{dt}j +\frac{dv_z}{dt}k

wherei, j, k are unit vectors along x,y and z directions

jrguy86
Feb11-04, 08:13 AM
thanks for helping me.