why does the unit of time enter twice in the unit of acceleration?

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Camille Beasley

Mathematics

1 March, 06:41

why does the unit of time enter twice in the unit of acceleration?

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Liam Orozco · Answer 1

Because the speed has formula of distance divide time = m/s

and the acceleration is speed / time so (m/s) / s = m / (s*s) = m/s^2

hope this is understandably sure easy for you

Scott Ferguson · Answer 2

Because acceleration is acquired through integration of velocity, in which it appears already once. Also, you have to take into account that acceleration measures the variation of speed (m/s, so time is already present), through time (again), which checks that time appears twice.