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karaonstage
Sep11-05, 10:36 PM
How can you find the instantaneous accelertation of an object whose curve on the velocity-time graph is a straight line?????

James R
Sep11-05, 10:51 PM
a=dv/dt.

Acceleration is the gradient of the velocity-time curve at any point.

apm
Sep12-05, 12:06 AM
acceleration = (velocity 2 - velocity 1)/ (time 2 -time1)

bomba923
Sep12-05, 12:42 AM
How can you find the instantaneous accelertation of an object whose curve on the velocity-time graph is a straight line?????

Only just a straight line? Then
\forall n > 1,\;\frac{{d^n v}}{{dt^n }} = 0
over the interval containing this line

*karaonstage, simply find the slope of this line, and you will thus calculate the acceleration of the object.
If the slope = 0 , the object simply doesn't accelerate (travels at constant velocity).

moose
Sep12-05, 12:56 AM
Above is correct. But next time, try to think to yourself, what is acceleration. Change in velocity over time, well, if you have a velocity vs time graph, than a change in velocity over time IS your slope.