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  • Sep 21, 2010, 09:19 PM
    carollo8205
    How do you find the magnitude?
    The problem says: You slap a hockey puck towards the goal 20 m away. If the puck's initial speed is 51 m/s and it take 0.4 s to reach the goal, what is the magnitude of its acceleration?
  • Sep 22, 2010, 02:34 AM
    Unknown008

    Assuming that there is a constant acceleration on the hockey puck, you can use the formula:



    s is the displacement, here 20 m,
    u the initial speed,
    t the time it takes
    a is the acceleration for you to find.

    Since you are asked for the magnitude, take the absolute (positive/modulus) of the value you get if it is negative.

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