SOLUTION: An electron, starting at rest and moving with a constant acceleration, travels 4.9 cm in 14 ms. What is the magnitude of this acceleration? Answer in units of km/s^2

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Question 458640: An electron, starting at rest and moving with a constant acceleration, travels 4.9 cm in 14 ms. What is the magnitude of this acceleration? Answer in units of km/s^2
Found 2 solutions by richard1234, Alan3354:
Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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We can establish an equation for the electron's position as a function of time.





To convert this to the desired units, we need to use a bunch of unit multipliers:



Strange that your question wants kilometers per second squared instead of the traditional SI unit meters per second squared.

Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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Is ms a millisecond? Or a microsecond?
The other tutor assumed microsecond.