5. a cyclist is traveling along a level, straight road at 10 m/s in the positive direction with a x; = v. in
magnitude of the velocity for the cyclist is tracked using the following motion graph.
velocity-time graph
velocity (m/s)
0 1 2 3 4 5
time (s)
according to the information and graph shown above, what is the magnitude of the acceleration for the first
two seconds?
a. 2 m/s2 ~
c. 12 m/s2
b. 24 m/s2
d. 1 m/s2