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Describing Motion kinematics §2.1–2.2
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The Tortoise and the Hare Told in words, formulas, and graphs
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Group Work Describe the Tortoise-and-hare race using a position-time graph.
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Tortoise and hare race start distance time finish hare tortoise t1t1 t3t3 hare restshare finishes t2t2 tortoise finishes
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CPS Question Who was fastest? A.The tortoise. B.The hare. C.They had the same speed. D.What do you mean by faster?
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Speed average speed = xx tt over entire interval Rate of changing position
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CPS Question Who had the fastest average speed? A.The tortoise. B.The hare. C.Their average speeds were the same. D.Over what time interval?
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Speed Units distance time = m/s
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Example Problem You are working for the summer on the Wyoming Search and Rescue Squad when you get a call of a downed aircraft. The plane took off from Cheyenne at 12:15, flew north 100 miles and then 80 miles in a direction 30° north of west, where it vanished from radar at 1:05. What was the average speed of the plane?
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Speed as Slope Speed = distance time distance time = slope of graph! d d t t
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Instantaneous speed finite t Young and Freedman, Figure 2.7 smaller t lim t0t0
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Speed xx tt at one instantinstantaneous speed = lim tt 0 = dx/dt
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CPS Question Who had the fastest maximum instantaneous speed? A.The tortoise. B.The hare. C.Their instantaneous speeds were the same.
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Illustrating Motion Young and Freedman, Fig. 2.8 x-t plotmotion diagram Can we make a motion diagram of this race?
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Group Work Describe the Tortoise-and-hare race using a velocity-time graph.
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Constant-Velocity Motion v = x/ t = constant throughout process x = v t x f = x i + x = x i + v t Can also use this with average v
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Speeds and Areas speed time t1t1 t2t2 t3t3 hare tortoise area= v t = distance) t0t0 t4t4
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