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e.g. I walk 100 meters away from home, arriving at a bus stop in 25 seconds. I then
took a turn and returned home in 40 seconds.
Non-zero Non-zero
Acceleration vs deceleration
e.g. An object travelling at 6 m/s slows down to 3 m/s over the course of 8 seconds.
Calculate the “acceleration” of the object using the equation for acceleration.
When v and a have the same sign, the object is “speeding up” i.e. accelerating in the
normal sense
When v and a have opposite signs, then the object is slowing down
x = -4.5/-0.5 = 9