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I wasn't being snarky. I'm actually very appreciative of everyone that's taking their time to comment, including you because you actually just opened my eyes to something that I couldn't see. So thank you very much for that and I apologize if I came off as rude. (That's why I don't like to text...

Sorry, haha *m/s. One last question, is acceleration the same for all objects? Well, it is, due to gravity (9.8m/s^2) ..but then again I get confused because there's so many different word problems with different accelerations as answers, obviously. What would be the final, true answer though?

So there's always two right answers?

Homework Statement If you were to throw a large log over the edge of the Grand Canyon and it took 5.65 seconds to hit the ground, calculate the velocity of the log at impact in m/s and calculate the distance the log fell in feet.[/B]Homework Equations vf=vi+at[/B]The Attempt at a Solution So...

Pre-ap physics. My teacher feels it's better not to go by the book so we never checked out any.

Oh okay, thanks!

Well, how do I know that it's implied that they equal on certain problems? For example, if I asked you what the distance and displacement were after running 2 laps (and say each lap is a quarter of a mile). Well, the distance would be 1/2 mile..BUT the displacement would be zero since your...

The thing is I have no book and my notes are just FULL of formulas and examples, that's all. That's why I'm on this website trying to ask around and understand what this all means and what exactly I'm even doing.

I guess I was/am confused because (since it's velocity of John relative to the bus), I saw it as in...if John is going towards the bus, then in the bus's perspective, it looks like John is coming right at it, so it looks like John is going southward to it...I don't know, I'm all over the place...

[Moderator note: The appearance of another template here is not due to a new problem being posted, it's the result of a thread merge]1. Homework Statement If you were to throw a large log over the edge of the Grand Canyon and it took 5.6 seconds to hit the ground, calculate the velocity of the...

yes, I ended up using deltax=.5(v1+vf)t ...The only thing is that displacement (deltax) and distance are NOT the same things, right? So, how is it that I can use this formula and get the right answer?

Oh wait a second, s=d/t and v=deltax/t ...those are equations for average speed and average velocity?? I always assumed they could be for either instantaneous velocity or speed...my teacher never clarified, he just gave us equations.

so why doesn't v= deltax/t work? or rather, s=d/t ?

v=deltax/t ? maybe deltax=.5(vi+vf)t ? I don't even know what I'm doing, to be honest.

Homework Statement If you were to throw a large log over the edge of the Grand Canyon and it took 5.65 seconds to hit the ground, calculate the velocity of the log at impact in m/s and calculate the distance the log fell in feet. Homework Equations vf=vi + at, s=d/tThe Attempt at a Solution...