Randomized Problems 4

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course PHY 231

An automobile traveling a straight line is at point A at clock time t = 4 sec, where it is traveling at 10 m/s, to point B at clock time t = 11 sec, where it is traveling at 20.5 m/s. Point A is 75 meters from the starting point and point B is 115 meters from the starting point. What are the average velocity and the average acceleration of the automobile during the specified time? What evidence is there that the acceleration is or is not uniform? (20.5 m/s+10 m/s)/2=15.25 m/s is the Average velocity.

(20.5 m/s-10 m/s)/(11s-4 s)=1.5 m/s^2 is the average acceleration.

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@& Ave velocity is ave rate of change of position with respect to clock time, not the average of the initial and final velocities.

If acceleration is uniform the two will be the same.

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