what is the significance of seconds squared [s^2]?

Question

Time moves at one constant. How can you have it raised to an exponent? If you have say: 3 seconds^2, is it actually 9 seconds?

In: 5

Answer 1

There is a better way to think about it. Take acceleration, for example. It’s units are distance/time^2. But this can also be written as (distance/time)/time. So, it’s really more about the rate of change of speed. How is the speed changing second to second. Mathematically, it reduces to seconds squared, but logically, it’s more about the rate of change of something like speed