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Acceleration as measured in the metric system base units is meters per second squared. The idea is that distance divided by time is speed. Speed divided by time is acceleration. (m/s/s = m/s^2)
In Standard Units, acceleration is usually measured in feet per second squared or miles per hour squared.
Answer
Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity. In other words, it is velocity divided by time. As velocity (in SI) is expressed in metres per second, acceleration must be measured in 'metres per second per second'. In fact, this is the correct way of saying the unit of measurement for acceleration, NOT 'metre per second squared'. The symbol for metres per second per second is 'm/s/s' which, of course, is exactly the same as m/s2 (where 2 is a superscript).
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What does speed equals divided by time?
Speed is measured in units of (Distance) over (Time). So Speed divided by Time would be equivalent to (Distance) over (Time squared), which is the unit of measurement for Acceleration.
If the 1st 2nd and 3rd dimensions can be measured in distance units can the 4th dimension or time be measured using the same units?
No - because time is measured in seconds, not linear distance.
What is the acceleration on a distance time graph measured in?
Acceleration has a dimensionality of length/time^2, so if you were measuring the distance in meters and the time in seconds, the acceleration would be m/s^2.
What units are measurements of acceleration given?
the general form of the units for acceleration are distance per time squared, such as m/s2.
What are the units of acceleration?
Acceleration is a change in velocity per unit of time. Velocity is distance (d) per unit of time (t). That makes acceleration distance per unit of time squared, or something like this:We have distance/time2, or d/t2Distance is commonly measured in meters, and time in seconds. This makes acceleration appear in meters per second per second, or meters per second squared, or m/sec2.m/s2meters per second squared
