LEARNING AS ONE NATION
Expanded Project General Physics LAS_9C
SHS LEARNING ACTIVITY
Name: Score/Mark:
Grade and Section: Date:
Strand:
✓ STEM ABM HUMSS ICT (TVL Track)
Subject: General Physics 1
Type of Activity:
✓ Concept Notes Skills: Exercise/Drill Illustration
Performance Task Essay/Report Others:
Activity Title: Linear Acceleration
Learning Target: To define and calculate instantaneous linear acceleration
References: Hyun Doug Shin, M.V. Carpio-Bernido and C.C. Bernido, CVIF SHS Physics
(Author, Title, Pages)
The MKS unit of acceleration is m/s2 (meter per second squared). Just like
velocity, acceleration is a vector, with direction and magnitude 𝑎.
If the acceleration is constant, we simply have:
𝑣𝑓 − 𝑣𝑖
𝑎≡ .
∆𝑡
in terms of the final and initial linear velocities over the elapsed time Δt.
However, if the acceleration changes and we want the instantaneous
acceleration or acceleration at a point in time, we take the limit as the elapsed
time goes to zero. Thus, in symbolic form the acceleration is given as the
derivative of the velocity:
dv
a .
dt
In scalar form, the magnitude of the linear acceleration is:
dv
a .
dt
Application
1. A bus stops for a passenger on the straight level road in Loay. When
the passenger is seated, the bus uniformly accelerates to a velocity of 18
m/s in three minutes. What is its acceleration? (Note: Do not forget to
convert minutes to seconds.)
2. Suppose the linear velocity of an object is given as 𝑣 = 𝐴𝑣 sin(𝜔𝑡), where
𝐴𝑣 and 𝜔 are constants and 𝑡 is the parameter time, respectively. What is
its acceleration in terms of 𝐴𝑣 , 𝜔 and 𝑡 ? Can you think of an object with
such a velocity?
For most parts of this SHS course, however, we will only consider objects
moving with constant acceleration.
