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How do you isolate acceleration in the kinematic equation containing displacement, acceleration, and time?

Here you'll see how to algebraically isolate acceleration in the d=1/2a•t2 equation.

Summary

  1. d- displacement
  2. a- acceleration
  3. t- time

Notes

    1. Get rid of the 1/2 by multiplying both sides by 2
    1. t- time
    1. d- displacement, t- time
    2. vi- initial velocity
    3. d= 1/2a•t2 comes from d=vi•t+1/2at2, with vi=0