Which one of the following quantities equals the instantaneous acceleration of a…

PHYSICS · Single correct · A Level · Physics · Mechanics and materials · Mechanics and materials

Problem

Which one of the following quantities equals the instantaneous acceleration of a particle at a particular instant? (a) Slope of the tangent drawn to the speed–time graph at that instant (b) Slope of the chord joining two points surrounding the instant on the vv–tt graph (c) Slope of the tangent drawn to the vv–tt graph at that instant (d) Area under the a–t graph up to that instantelapsed time\displaystyle \frac{\text{Area under the } a\text{–}t \text{ graph up to that instant}}{\text{elapsed time}}

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