cq_1_021

Phy 201

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The problem:

A ball starts with velocity 4 cm/sec and ends with a velocity of 10 cm/sec.

• What is your best guess about the ball's average velocity?

answer/question/discussion: ->->->->->->->->->->->-> (start in the next line):

(4 cm/sec + 10 cm/sec) / 2 = 7 cm/sec

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• Without further information, why is this just a guess?

answer/question/discussion: ->->->->->->->->->->->-> (start in the next line):

Without knowing the changes in distance and time, all we can do is average the two given velocities.

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• If it takes 3 seconds to get from the first velocity to the second, then what is your best guess about how far it traveled during that time?

answer/question/discussion: ->->->->->->->->->->->-> (start in the next line):

(7 cm/sec) / 3 = 2.333 cm/sec

1st second = 4 cm

2nd second = 6.333 cm

3rd second = 8.666 cm

4 cm + 6.333 cm + 8.666 cm = 18.999 cm or 19 cm

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Not a bad estimate, and your answer shows good insight. However your result for each second is based on the velocity at the beginning of that 1-second interval; the velocity is presumably increasing on each interval so your result is an underestimate.

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

answer/question/discussion: ->->->->->->->->->->->-> (start in the next line):

( 7 cm/sec) / 3 sec = 2.333 cm/sec / sec

you should be dividing change in velocity by change in clock time

you have apparently divided average velocity by change in clock time

Right idea, but missing some details.

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