cq_1_031

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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?

answer/question/discussion: ->->->->->->->->->->->-> : 6 cm/sec

• 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: ->->->->->->->->->->->-> : 12 cm/sec

• By how much did its velocity therefore change?

answer/question/discussion: ->->->->->->->->->->->-> : Average velocity was 6 cm/sec and at the final, it was 12 cm/sec, so I’m guessing that it changed by 6 cm/sec.

• At what average rate did its velocity change with respect to clock time?

answer/question/discussion: ->->->->->->->->->->->-> : 2.4 cm/second each second

• What would a graph of its velocity vs. clock time look like? Give the best description you can.

answer/question/discussion: ->->->->->->->->->->->-> : It would be slowly increasing from left to right. The beginning point would be (0, 0) and the ending would be about (5, 12).

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