Now, the object's speed \(v\) equal to the distance \(\Delta{s}\) that it travels divided by the time interval \(\Delta{t}\) required to travel this distance: \(v = \Delta{s}/\Delta{t}\). Therefore we can replace \(\Delta{s}/\Delta{t}\) in Equation 3-16 by \(v\), and our expression for the object's centripetal acceleration becomes \(a_\mathrm{cent} = v(v/r)\), or: