A roller coaster is moving at 25 m/s at the bottom of the hill . Three seconds later it reaches the top of the hill moving at 10 m/s . What was the acceleration of the coaster ?

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Answer:

[tex]-5m/s^2[/tex], the negative sign is an indication that the roller coaster is decelerating.

Explanation:

Acceleration or deceleration is define as the rate of change in the velocity of a body. It is given by the following relationship;

[tex]a=\frac{v-u}{t}............(1)[/tex]

where v is the final velocity, u is the initial velocity and t is the time taken.

Given,

v = 10m/s

u = 25m/s

t = 3s

hence

[tex]a=\frac{10-25}{3}\\a=-5m/s^2[/tex]

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