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Topic 2



Topic 2

Motion in One Dimension




QUICK QUIZZES


2.1 (a) 200 yd (b) 0 (c) 0


2.2 (a) False. The car may be slowing down, so that the direction of its

acceleration is opposite the direction of its velocity.


(b) True. If the velocity is in the direction chosen as negative, a positive

acceleration causes a decrease in speed.


(c) True. For an accelerating particle to stop at all, the velocity and

acceleration must have opposite signs, so that the speed is decreasing.

If this is the case, the particle will eventually come to rest. If the

acceleration remains constant, however, the particle must begin to

move again, opposite to the direction of its original velocity. If the

particle comes to rest and then stays at rest, the acceleration has

become zero at the moment the motion stops. This is the case for a

braking car4the acceleration is negative and goes to zero as the car

comes to rest.



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,2.3 The velocity-vs-time graph (a) has a constant slope, indicating a constant

acceleration, which is represented by the acceleration-vs.-time graph (e).


Graph (b) represents an object whose speed always increases, and does so

at an ever-increasing rate. Thus, the acceleration must be increasing, and

the acceleration-vs-time graph that best indicates this behaviour is (d).


Graph (c) depicts an object which first has a velocity that increases at a

constant rate, which means that the object9s acceleration is constant. The

motion then changes to one at constant speed, indicating that the

acceleration of the object becomes zero. Thus, the best match to this

situation is graph (f).


2.4 Choice (b). According to graph b, there are some instants in time when the

object is simultaneously at two different x-coordinates. This is physically

impossible.


2.5 (a) The blue graph of Figure 2.14b best shows the puck9s position as a

function of time. As seen in Figure 2.14a, the distance the puck has

traveled grows at an increasing rate for approximately three time

intervals, grows at a steady rate for about four time intervals, and

then grows at a diminishing rate for the last two intervals.


(b) The red graph of Figure 2.14c best illustrates the speed (distance traveled per

time interval) of the puck as a function of time. It shows the puck gaining

speed for approximately three time intervals, moving at constant speed for

about four time intervals, then slowing to rest during the last two intervals.

, (c) The green graph of Figure 2.14d best shows the puck9s acceleration as

a function of time. The puck gains velocity (positive acceleration) for

approximately three time intervals, moves at constant velocity (zero

acceleration) for about four time intervals, and then loses velocity

(negative acceleration) for roughly the last two time intervals.


2.6 Choice (e). The acceleration of the ball remains constant while it is in the

air. The magnitude of its acceleration is the free-fall acceleration, g = 9.80

m/s2.


2.7 Choice (c). As it travels upward, its speed decreases by 9.80 m/s during

each second of its motion. When it reaches the peak of its motion, its speed

becomes zero. As the ball moves downward, its speed increases by

9.80 m/s each second.


2.8 Choices (a) and (f). The first jumper will always be moving with a higher

velocity than the second. Thus, in a given time interval, the first jumper

covers more distance than the second, and the separation distance

between them increases. At any given instant of time, the velocities of the

jumpers are definitely different, because one had a head start. In a time

interval after this instant, however, each jumper increases his or her

velocity by the same amount, because they have the same acceleration.

Thus, the difference in velocities stays the same.




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