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What has the units meters per second?
Speed is a quantity that is measured in meters per second.The previous answer, velocity, is technically incorrect.Velocity is a vector, which consists of a magnitude and a direction.Example: 10 meters per second northwest.Speed, however, is a scalar, and consists solely of a magnitude.Example: 10 meters per second.
Which quantity can be measured in the units feet per second per second?
Acceleration
What is measured by meters per second per second?
The speed of an object falling from a great height is measured in meters per second per second until it reaches terminal velocity (maximum downward speed).
Why is acceleration often expressed with units of meters per second squared?
Because if speed is measured in meters per second (m/s) and time is measured in seconds, the SI unit of acceleration is meters per second per second (m/s2). ^_^
Why are the units for acceleration meters per second?
Acceleration is not measured in meters/second. Meters/second is a unit of speed. Since acceleration is defined as change of speed divided by time, the units are meters/second/second, usually written as meters/second2.
