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Question
Diagram is given below shows velocity – time graph of car P and Q, starting from the same place and in the same direction. Calculate the Acceleration of car P.

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Solution

Acceleration of car P = Slope of v.t. graph (OA) for car P.
= `"AB"/"OB"=35/10` = 3.5 ms−2
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