Problem: If velocity increases by 1.09 meters per second per second, how many seconds does it take for velocity to increase by 14.57 meters per second?
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Solution: Every second the velocity increases by 1.09 meters per second, so it will take 14.57 / 1.09 second to increase by 14.57 meters per second. The answer is thus ( 14.57 meters/sec)/( 1.09 meters/sec/sec) = 13.36 sec.
Generalized Response: Given the increase of velocity per second, which is the acceleration a , and the increase `dv in velocity, we note that the increase `dv must be equal to the product a `dt of the per second increase and the number of seconds `dt . Since `dv = a `dt, we have `dt = a / `dv.
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Figure description:
We can again visualize the aAve, `dt, `dv relationships as a triangle. We would in this case use `dt = `dv / aAve.
