Derivation of

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Starting with the definition of acceleration (acceleration is change in velocity divided by change in time):

If you multiply both sides by , you get:

Since :

Adding v_o to both sides gives:

This is the equation we want. Notice that it is essentially an algebraic rearrangement of the definition of acceleration.