Study the concepts of average and instantaneous acceleration and answer the following.
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Problem
Study the concepts of average and instantaneous acceleration and answer the following.
(i) Define average acceleration and instantaneous acceleration.
(ii) Explain mathematically how instantaneous acceleration is obtained from average acceleration as the time interval approaches zero.
(iii) Describe, with reasons, the connection between the slope of a velocity–time graph and these two forms of acceleration.