17.25 Diminishing deception
Acceleration is a simple idea – suppose a car increases its speed from 0 to 60 km.h-1 in 3 s. Its final speed is 60/(60 × 60) km.s-1, so its average acceleration is 60/(60 × 60 × 3) = 0.006 km.s-2 (see post 16.13 for more explanation, and post 16.7 if you’re worried because the… Continue reading 17.25 Diminishing deception