A cyclist is riding his bike up a mountain trail. When he starts up the trail, he is going 8 m/s. As the trail gets steeper, he slows to 3 m/s in 1 minute. What is the cyclist’s acceleration?

Explanation:

Acceleration can be found by dividing the change in velocity by the time.

The final velocity is 3 meters per second. The initial velocity is 8 meters per second.

We need to convert the time to seconds.

So, we know that:

Substitute the values into the formula.

Solve the numerator.

Divide.

Let's round to the nearest hundredth.

The 3 in the thousandth place tells us to leave the 8 in the hundredth place.

The cyclist's acceleration is about

i am pretty sure it is c because when people are closer together, they cannot move as freely. picture being in a mostly full elevator, for instance. the people are right next to you, and you can barely move.

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