Question

Can someone explain to me how I would solve for (a)?
d = ut + 0.5at^2

Answer 1

I know that the first step to solving for a is to subtract ut from both sides. But I don't know what to do after that...

Answer 2

You need to divide both sides after by whatever a is being multiplied by

Answer 3

0.5 I believe. But I was looking at other questions that are the same as this and they multiply d-ut by 2??

Answer 4

These are the steps to do this problem, most of which you have already stated that you have done: