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EDIT: I figured it out by looking at this link pages 65-66. Thanks for looking though! http://www.bfasta.net/assets/files/...46 Information/HSU/Chapter 4 Acceleration.pdf
Recently I just did a physics lab for kinematics in which we found the position, speed, and acceleration as time passed of a moving object. I finished most of the lab questions, however am curious about 2 aspects of the equation.
Position vs time graph equation: [tex]y = 0.5424x^2 + 0.2072x + 0.0149[/tex]
One of the questions asks the relation of the coefficient of the x^2 term to the graph of the speed vs time and the graph of the acceleration vs time. I figured out that it's 1/2 the slope of the speed vs time/equivalent to the acceleration, so I finished the question. However, I have no clue why this is true (this isn't part of the lab question, I'm just curious).
Another question asks how the coefficient of the x-term relates to the graph of the speed vs time and acceleration vs time. I already figured out that it is equivalent to the y-intercept of the speed vs time graph, but am not sure if it relates to the acceleration vs time graph. The only relation I can see is that it is about 1/5 of the y-intercept of the acceleration equation. Is this correct? (And why, if it is).
EDIT: I figured it out by looking at this link pages 65-66. Thanks for looking though! http://www.bfasta.net/assets/files/...46 Information/HSU/Chapter 4 Acceleration.pdf
Homework Statement
Recently I just did a physics lab for kinematics in which we found the position, speed, and acceleration as time passed of a moving object. I finished most of the lab questions, however am curious about 2 aspects of the equation.
Homework Equations
Position vs time graph equation: [tex]y = 0.5424x^2 + 0.2072x + 0.0149[/tex]
The Attempt at a Solution
One of the questions asks the relation of the coefficient of the x^2 term to the graph of the speed vs time and the graph of the acceleration vs time. I figured out that it's 1/2 the slope of the speed vs time/equivalent to the acceleration, so I finished the question. However, I have no clue why this is true (this isn't part of the lab question, I'm just curious).
Another question asks how the coefficient of the x-term relates to the graph of the speed vs time and acceleration vs time. I already figured out that it is equivalent to the y-intercept of the speed vs time graph, but am not sure if it relates to the acceleration vs time graph. The only relation I can see is that it is about 1/5 of the y-intercept of the acceleration equation. Is this correct? (And why, if it is).
EDIT: I figured it out by looking at this link pages 65-66. Thanks for looking though! http://www.bfasta.net/assets/files/...46 Information/HSU/Chapter 4 Acceleration.pdf
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