What Units Should Acceleration Be Measured In?

[J_o_S]

the x-axis is in minutes, the y-axis is in m/min.

I know that the acceleration = the slope.

should my final answer be in m/min^2 ?

or should acceleration always be in m/s^2 ?

or does it not matter?


thanks

 

[whozum]

There is nothing wrong with m/min^2 aside from it not being standard. Your best bet is just graphing it against seconds by converting your data from minutes to seconds BEFORE graphing.

 

[J_o_S]

yeah if I was taking down the data I would.
This is just a question on an assignment, where the graph is given.

Its an easy question, but after I did it the answer just doesn't look right to me, so I figured I'd ask.

acceleration has been in m/s^2 everytime I have come across it.

 

[whozum]

That is because meters and seconds are the SI units for time and distance. It is the international standard.

 

[ramollari]

As whozum said, no problem at all. The important thing is that the units are distance over time squared. Remember that you can always convert between the standard m/s^2 and the non-standard m/min^2.