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chibi_lenne
Oct5-05, 02:34 PM
These are the questions I've been working on and my physics teacher is away and I just need to have someone look these over before I continue on with the position-time, velocity-time, and acceleration-time graphs that I need to make. (His suggestion) Just to make sure that the information I have currently is accurate, or at the very least leaning in the right direction so I can correct them.
*Please excuse the poor quality of the scans*
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a315/chibi_lenne/physics1.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a315/chibi_lenne/phsics2.jpg
(a) You go from v = \Delta d / \Delta t (correct!) to \Delta t = v \Delta d (incorrect!)
(b) OK
(c) The average speed is \Delta d / \Delta t; what's the average speed?
(d) Use \Delta d = v \Delta t--you made an error similar to what you did in part a. (And don't confuse speed v with change of speed \Delta v.)
You need to use equations for uniform acceleration (v_2^2 = v_1^2 + 2ad or d = v_1t + \frac{1}{2}at^2) for (c) and time should be 5s for (d) since it's only asking the distance past the hill.
chibi_lenne
Oct10-05, 03:07 PM
Alright...so for c should I re-arange the equation like this? :
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a315/chibi_lenne/formula.jpg
arildno
Oct10-05, 03:11 PM
Alright...so for c should I re-arange the equation like this? :
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a315/chibi_lenne/formula.jpg
Why do you think this is a correct manipulation?
Arguments, please.
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