BRAINCAKEDistance from Average Speed
The average velocity during uniform acceleration is halfway from the initial velocity to the final velocity.
Since the distance is average speed × time, the distance is given by:
s = ½ (u + v)t
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Key terms in this lesson
- displacement
- The distance an object has moved from a fixed reference point, in a specified direction.
More in Motion
- Newton's First Law of Motion
- Newton's Second Law of Motion
- Newton's Third Law of Motion
- Constant Acceleration
- Constant Acceleration Formulae
- Practical: Measuring g
- Constant Acceleration Question 1
- Constant Acceleration Question 2
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