A card of length 12 cm is attached to a trolley. The card blocks the beam at light gate P for 0.080 s and at light gate Q for 0.040 s.
These readings give the trolley's speeds at P and Q. The time between these speed measurements is 0.60 s.
What is the average acceleration between P and Q?
1.5 m/s21.5\ \mathrm{m/s^2}1.5 m/s2
5.0 m/s25.0\ \mathrm{m/s^2}5.0 m/s2
7.5 m/s27.5\ \mathrm{m/s^2}7.5 m/s2
2.5 m/s22.5\ \mathrm{m/s^2}2.5 m/s2