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Motion Equations with Constant Acceleration

This document discusses motion with constant acceleration. It provides the key equations for relating position, velocity, acceleration, and time when acceleration is constant. These include equations for final velocity, position, and acceleration in terms of initial velocity, time, and change in position or velocity. Several examples are worked through applying these equations to calculate values like final speed, distance, time, and acceleration given various starting parameters. Practice exercises are also presented for students to work through.

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Motion Equations with Constant Acceleration

This document discusses motion with constant acceleration. It provides the key equations for relating position, velocity, acceleration, and time when acceleration is constant. These include equations for final velocity, position, and acceleration in terms of initial velocity, time, and change in position or velocity. Several examples are worked through applying these equations to calculate values like final speed, distance, time, and acceleration given various starting parameters. Practice exercises are also presented for students to work through.

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PROJECT

MOTION WITH CONSTANT ACCELERATION


GENERAL PHYSICS I
DATE
OCTOBER 2016 ANTIPOLO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Revisiting Velocity
Position - Time Graph
Velocity - Time Graph
Acceleration - Time Graph
When Acceleration is Constant

What is the equation if we are looking for


the final velocity?

This powerful expression enables us to determine an object’s velocit


at any time t if we know the object’s initial velocity vxi and its
(constant) acceleration ax.
Using the two equations

Note that:
This equation provides the final position of the particle at time t in
terms of the initial and final velocities.

We can obtain another useful expression for the position of a


particle moving with constant acceleration by substituting

Into
This equation provides the final position of
the particle at time t in terms of the initial
velocity and the acceleration
Finally, we can obtain an expression for the final velocity that
does not contain time as a variable by substituting the value of
t from

To

We will get:

Simplified as
Summary of Equations
Example # 1

What do we know?
Initial Speed: 63 m/s
Final Speed: 0 m/s
Change in position: No information
Which equation will we use?
Example # 2

Trooper
tb = 0
aX = 3 m/s2
Car
xb = 45.0 m
vx = 45.0 m/s
Example # 3 (Serway 2.19)

Initial Velocity: 10.97 km/s Equation to be used:


distance: 220 m
Example # 4 (Serway, 2.20)

xf - xi = 40.0 m t = 8.50 s vf = 2.80 m/s


Equation to be used:
Find its acceleration
Example # 4 (Serway, 2.25)

(a) Compare the equation:

to

So we have:
The velocity equation becomes:
Example # 5 (Serway, 2.33)
What is its acceleration?
Exercise # 1 (Serway, 2.22)

Exercise # 2 (Serway, 2.34)


Exercise # 3 (Serway, 2.27)

Exercise # 4 (Serway, 2.24)


Exercise # 5 (Serway, 2.28)

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