A bicycle starts at 2.5m/s and accelerates along a straight path to a speed of 12.5m/s in a time of 4.5 seconds. What is the bicyclist’s acceleration to the nearest tenth of a m/s^2 ?

The bicyclist's acceleration is 2.2m/s^2

Explanation:

Given

---- Initial Velocity

---- Final Velocity

---- Time

Required

Determine the acceleration

This will be solved using the first equation of motion

Substitute values for v, u and a

Collect Like Terms

Solve for a

---- (approximated)

Hence, the bicyclist's acceleration is 2.2m/s^2

it about 600 mph from what i calculated

answer: the correct answer is 1.

explanation: there are various process in which a radioactive nuclei decays:

1) alpha decay: in this process, a heavier nuclei decays into lighter nuclei by releasing alpha particle. the mass number is reduced by 4 units.

2) electron capture: in this decay process, a parent nuclei absorbs an electron and gets converted into a neutron. simply, a proton and an electron combines together to form a neutron. mass number does not change in this process.

3) gamma ray emission: it is a decay process in which an unstable nuclei gives excess energy by a spontaneous electromagnetic process. this decay releases . this process does not change the mass number.

4) positron emission: it is a type of decay process, in which a proton gets converted to neutron and an electron neutrino. this is also known as -decay. in this the mass number remains same.

from the above information, we see that only alpha-decay is producing a change in the mass number of the nucleus.