SOLUTION: If you are riding your bike and hit a curb you would stop suddenly. Let's say that you were going 25 m/s when you hit the curb and it took you only .75 seconds to stop after hittin

Question 957396: If you are riding your bike and hit a curb you would stop suddenly. Let's say that you were going 25 m/s when you hit the curb and it took you only .75 seconds to stop after hitting the curb. What was your acceleration ?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
say that you were going 25 m/s when you hit the curb and it took you only .75 seconds to stop after hitting the curb. What was your acceleration ?
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v = a*t
a = v/t = 25/0.75
a = 33.333... m/sec/sec

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