A thief is running away from a scene and reaches a speed of 10 m/s in 5 seconds what is the thief acceleration A. 2 m/s^2 B. 8 m/s^2 C. 18 m/s^2 D. 1 m/s^2

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Konstantin Purtov · Answer 1 · 2024-10-31T22:31:20+0000

Answer:
2 m/s^(2) (Assuming the thief starts from 0 m/s)

Step-by-step explanation:

First you take the final velocity (10) and subtract the initial velocity (0)

10-0=10

Then you divide the difference by the time to get the acceleration

10/5=2

This all uses the equation

V_(f)-V_(i)=ta