Showing posts with label Physics Problems. Show all posts
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Thursday, April 28, 2016

What is the acceleration?

The figure shows the position of a car (black circles) at one-second intervals. What is the acceleration at the time T = 4 s?
Solution:
t=T-1s
x=v₀t+at²/2
40m=v₀∙4s+a∙(4s)²/2
13m=v₀∙1s+a∙(1s)²/2=(v₀+a∙1s/2)∙1s
v₀=13m/s-a∙1s/2
40m=(13m/s-a∙1s/2)∙4s+a∙(4s²)/2 = 52m-2s²∙a+8s²∙a = 52m+6s²∙a
6s²∙a=-12m
a=-2m/s²