Timmy and Fiona are professional tennis players of 5 years, and they are playing in the

last round of a tournament.​5​ Timmy’s first serve starts at 7.9 meters per second and
travels 21.25 meters to Fiona in 2.8 seconds.​2,4.​Later in the game, Fiona runs at 2
meters per second​5​ for water, as Timmy holds his tennis ball​3​ preparing to serve. His
second serve starts well, but it hits the net​1​ after 2 seconds, before reaching Fiona. The
initial velocity of Timmy’s second serve is 10.3 meters per second and it travels at a 15
degree angle​5​. The final velocity of Timmy’s second serve is 3.26 meters per second.
What is the difference between the accelerations of Timmy’s two serves?

Timmy and Fiona are professional tennis players of 5 years, and they are playing in the
last round of a tournament. Timmy’s first serve starts at 7.9 meters per second and
travels 21.25 meters to Fiona in 2.8 seconds.​ ​Later in the game, Fiona runs at 2 meters
per second for water, as Timmy holds his tennis ball preparing to serve. His second
serve starts well, but it hits the net after 2 seconds, before reaching Fiona. The initial
velocity of Timmy’s second serve is 10.3 meters per second and it travels at a 15
degree angle. The final velocity of Timmy’s second serve is 3.26 meters per second.
What is the difference between the accelerations of Timmy’s two serves?

Questions for the readers:

1. What is another term for negative acceleration ​and​ provide an example of it in
the article provided.
2. Which (object) in the article had a greater rate of acceleration than the other?
Provide evidence to support your answer.
3. What term and/or phrase did the writer use to imply that a(n) (object) is at rest, as
in it is not moving?
4. What (two) pieces of information does the writer include that are misleading
and/or irrelevant to the article as in it relates to calculating speed or acceleration?
Questions for the Readers answers:
1. What is another term for negative acceleration ​and​ provide an example of it in
the article provided.
Deceleration, the tennis ball hitting the net is an example of this.
2. Which (object) in the article had a greater rate of acceleration than the other?
Provide evidence to support your answer.
Timmy’s first serve has a greater rate of acceleration than his second
serve, with an acceleration of -0.14 m/s​2​ compared to -3.52 m/s​2
Timmy #1:7.5 m/s-7.9 m/s=-0.4 m/s -0.4 m/s/2.8 s= -0.14 m/s​2
Timmy #2: (3.26 m/s-10.3 m/s)/2 s= -3.52 m/s​2
3. What term and/or phrase did the writer use to imply that a(n) (object) is at rest, as
in it is not moving?
The phrase “Timmy holds his tennis ball” implies that the tennis ball is at rest.
4. What (two) pieces of information does the writer include that are misleading
and/or irrelevant to the article as in it relates to calculating speed or acceleration?
The angle of the second serve and the speed Fiona runs at are both misleading
pieces of information.