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document.write( "Time(s)                        Speed(m/s)\r\n" );
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document.write( "10                                   5\r\n" );
document.write( "20                                   10\r\n" );
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document.write( "Find rate of change of speed:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Take take sets of data:\r\n" );
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document.write( "We've take the data when time = 0s and 20s\r\n" );
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document.write( "Time(s)                        Speed(m/s)\r\n" );
document.write( "0                                     0\r\n" );
document.write( "20                                   10\r\n" );
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document.write( "To find rate of change of speed, we do\r\n" );
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document.write( "(((0.5m/s/s}}} There's a reason why I put \"m/s/s\" instead of \"m/s\". \r\n" );
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document.write( "Rate of change of speed = acceleration\r\n" );
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document.write( "Speed is measured in m/s\r\n" );
document.write( "Acceleration is measured in m/s/s\r\n" );
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document.write( "The rate of change we have found is the acceleration, therefore, 0.5m/s/s\r\n" );
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