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GivenPositions,FindVelocityandAcceleration
LearningGoal:
Tounderstandhowtographposition,velocity,andaccelerationofanobjectstartingwithatableofpositionsvs.time.
Thetableshowsthexcoordinateofamovingobject.Thepositionistabulatedat1sintervals.Thexcoordinateisindicated
beloweachtime.Youshouldmakethesimplificationthattheaccelerationoftheobjectisboundedandcontainsnospikes.
time(s) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
x(m) 0 1 4 9 16 24 32 40 46 48
PartA
Whichgraphinbestrepresentsthefunctionx(t),describingthe
object'spositionvs.time?
Hint1.Meaningofaboundedandnonspikyacceleration
Aboundedandnonspikyaccelerationresultsinasmoothgraphofxvs.t.
ANSWER:
Graph1
Graph2
Graph3
Graph4
Correct
PartB
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Whichofthefollowinggraphsinbestrepresentsthefunctionv(t),describingtheobject'svelocityasafunctionoftime?
Hint1.Findthevelocitytowardtheendofthemotion
Velocityisthetimederivativeofdisplacement.Giventhis,thevelocitytowardtheendofthemotionis__________.
ANSWER:
positiveandincreasing
positiveanddecreasing
negativeandincreasing
negativeanddecreasing
Hint2.Whataretheimplicationsofzerovelocity?
Twoofthepossiblevelocityvs.timegraphsindicatezerovelocitybetweent = 4 andt = 7 s .Whatwouldthe
correspondingpositionvs.timegraphlooklikeinthisregion?
ANSWER:
ahorizontalline
straightbutslopinguptotheright
straightbutslopingdowntotheright
curvedupward
curveddownward
Hint3.Specifythecharacteristicsofthevelocityfunction
Theproblemstatesthat"theaccelerationoftheobjectisboundedandcontainsnospikes."Thismeansthatthe
velocity___________.
ANSWER:
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hasspikes
hasnodiscontinuities
hasnoabruptchangesofslope
isconstant
ANSWER:
Graph1
Graph2
Graph3
Graph4
Correct
Inprinciple,youcouldalsojustcomputeandplottheaveragevelocity.Theexpressionfortheaveragevelocityis
x(t 2 )x(t 1 )
vavg [t1 , t2 ] = .
t 2 t 1
Also,youcouldworkbackandfindthepositionfromthevelocitygraph.Thepositionofanobjectistheintegralofits
velocity.Thatis,theareaunderthegraphofvelocityvs.timefromt = 0 uptotimetmustequalthepositionofthe
objectattimet.Checkthatthecorrectvelocityvs.timegraphgivesyouthecorrectpositionaccordingtothismethod.
PartC
Whichofthefollowinggraphsinbestrepresentsthefunctiona(t),
describingtheaccelerationofthisobject?
Hint1.Findtheaccelerationtowardtheendofthemotion
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Accelerationisthetimederivativeofvelocity.Towardtheendofthemotiontheaccelerationis__________.
ANSWER:
zero
positive
negative
Hint2.Calculatetheaccelerationintheregionofconstantvelocity
Whatistheaccelerationaovertheintervalduringwhichtheobjecttravelsatconstantspeed?
Answernumericallyinmeterspersecondsquared.
ANSWER:
a= 0 m/s2
Hint3.Findtheinitialacceleration
Accelerationisthetimederivativeofvelocity.Initiallytheaccelerationis_________.
ANSWER:
zero
positive
negative
ANSWER:
Graph1
Graph2
Graph3
Graph4
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Correct
Inonedimension,alinearincreaseordecreaseinthevelocityofanobjectoveragiventimeintervalimpliesconstant
accelerationoverthatparticulartimeinterval.Youcanfindthemagnitudeoftheaccelerationusingtheformulafor
averageaccelerationoveratimeinterval:
v(t 2 )v(t 1 )
aavg [t1 , t2 ] = .
t 2 t 1
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