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Acceleration is the rate of change in velocity, that is the finishing velocity minus the starting velocity divided by the time taken for that change.

Velocity is the rate of change in distance, that is the finishing distance minus the starting distance divided by the time taken for that change.

Distance may be measured in metres and time in seconds. In that case velocity would be measured in metres per second.

Acceleration is then measured in (metres per second) per second or metres per second2.

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