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| style="height:20px; width:300px; text-align:center;" |'''A [[horse]] begins trotting at 3.2m/s and accelerates to canter at 11m/s in 1.8 [[second]]s. Calculate the acceleration of the [[horse]] correct to two [[Significant Figures|significant figures]].
| style="height:20px; width:300px; text-align:center;" |'''A space probe is travelling at 18,100m/s and uses a thruster for 24.25 minutes to slow down to 6,200m/s. Calculate the acceleration of the space probe correct to two [[Significant Figures|significant figures]].'''
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:left;" |'''1. State the known quantities'''
<math>\Delta v</math> = 6,200 - 18,100 = -11900m/s
time = 24.25min = 255s
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:left;" |'''2. [[Substitute (Maths)|Substitute]] the numbers into the [[equation]] and [[Solve (Maths)|solve]].'''