Question

A car crash causes an acceleration of 6.2 g. What is the car's acceleration in meters per second squared ?

Answer 1

An acceleration of
n

g
is the acceleration
n
times bigger than the gravitational acceleration, so in this case it is
9.8 • 6.2= 60.76

Answer 2

Acceleration of the car,
`a=60.76\ m/s^2`

Step-by-step explanation:

It is given that,

A car crash causes an acceleration of 6.2 g where g is the acceleration due to gravity.

The value of g varies from place to place. On the surface of earth, it is equal to
`9.8\ m/s^2\ or\ 10\ m/s^2`.

So, the car's acceleration becomes,

`a=6.2* g`

`a=6.2* 9.8`

`a=60.76\ m/s^2`

So, the acceleration of the car is
`60.76\ m/s^2`. Hence, this is the required solution.