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The problem:
A ball starts with velocity 0 and accelerates uniformly down a ramp of length 30 cm, covering the distance in 5 seconds.
What is its average velocity?
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30cm/5 sec = 6cm/sec
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If the acceleration of the ball is uniform then its average velocity is equal to the average of its initial and final velocities.
You know its average velocity, and you know the initial velocity is zero.
What therefore must be the final velocity?
answer/question/discussion: ->->->->->->->->->->->-> (start in the next line):
12 cm/sec
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By how much did its velocity therefore change?
answer/question/discussion: ->->->->->->->->->->->-> (start in the next line):
by 12cm/sec
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At what average rate did its velocity change with respect to clock time?
answer/question/discussion: ->->->->->->->->->->->-> (start in the next line):
2.4cm/sec
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You haven't shown the calculation you used, but your numerical result is right so it's likely you did use the correct calculation.
However the units of that calculation do not come out as cm/s.
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What would a graph of its velocity vs. clock time look like? Give the best description you can.
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The graph would show a straight line moving from 0cm/sec to 12cm/sec at an increasing rate.
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A rising straight line rises at a constant rate.
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