A police officer was sent to investigate a car accident. He knows the speed of the car, s, can be measured with the equation s = at, where a is the rate of acceleration and t is the time. Which equation can he use to solve for the rate of acceleration?

a = s – t

a = t – s

a = s ÷ t

a = st

Question

A police officer was sent to investigate a car accident. He knows the speed of the car, s, can be measured with the equation s = at, where a is the rate of acceleration and t is the time. Which equation can he use to solve for the rate of acceleration?

 a = s – t 

 a = t – s

 a = s ÷ t

 a = st

crashonce · Answer

divide by t:
a=s/t

imnotgoodatmath · Answer

thx m8, you havin a giggle

imnotgoodatmath · Answer

@CrashOnce so which answer choice?

crashonce · Answer

the third one sorry for the delay