Question

A car travels in a straight line for 4.7 h at a
constant speed of 62 km/h .
What is its acceleration?
Answer in units of m/s^2

Answer 1

hint: what is the acceleration of an object in *constant* speed?

Answer 2

i know

Answer 3

i have no idea

Answer 4

acceleration is speed times time but u have to convert all down to the proper system of measuring i.e. metres and seconds

Answer 5

my grandfather always told me....if you have no idea, google it http://www.google.com/search?q=acceleration+of+an+object+in+constant+speed&oq=acceleration+of+an+object+in+constant+speed&sugexp=chrome,mod=0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Answer 6

so i would convert 62km/h to m/s^2?

Answer 7

??? no

Answer 8

if you multiply speed and time you get distance

Answer 9

then what do i do?

Answer 10

like i said...google the acceleration of constant speed

Answer 11

yah do that

Answer 12

i did, i have no idea what it means though

Answer 13

you have no idea what it means? what do you mean?

Answer 14

would it be zero?

Answer 15

*read* this http://goo.gl/5gbrB

Answer 16

ya know, manners come a long way. you should try it sometime. and thank you for helping me