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liefshatan
May 4, 2011, 07:07 PM
Formula of acceleration

jcaron2
May 4, 2011, 10:38 PM
Average acceleration = total change in velocity/total change in time.

a_{ave}=\frac{\Delta v}{\Delta t}

Instantaneous acceleration = time derivative of velocity

a=\frac{dv}{dt}

Or from Newton's second law, f=ma so a=f/m.