Physics!

Unit I Homework

Name: _____________________________

CVPM Homework

1. From the position and time data below, answer the following questions.

a. Construct a quantitative graph of position vs time and a quantitative graph of velocity vs time.
(Quantitative means that it should involve numbers.)

b. Draw a motion map for the object.

c. Determine the displacement from t = 3.0 s to 5.0 s using graph B. Show your work.

d. Determine the displacement from t = 7.0 s to 9.0 s using graph B. Show your work.
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2. Consider a marble sitting at rest on a level floor at a position 3.0 m

from the origin. At time t = 2 s, the marble is bumped so that it !
rolls to the right with a velocity +0.5 m/s. (I have chosen the
positive direction to be to the right and the origin to be 3.0 m to
the left of the marble's initial position.) The following graphs and
motion map represent this motion. 0m 3.0m

8 1.5
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!
1.0

Velocity !m#s"
6
Position !m"

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!
!
0.5 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
4 !
!

! ! ! 0.0 ! !

2 !0.5
0 !1.0
0 2 4 6 8 10 0 2 4 6 8 10
Time !s" Time !s"

x !m"
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

The above graphs and motion map have been copied as-is below questions A through E.
In each part, and to each graph and motion map, add the representation of the new motion.

a. The marble is given the same bump as before, but at t = 4 s instead of t = 2 s.

8 1.5
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1.0
Velocity !m#s"

6
Position !m"

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0.5 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
4 !
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! ! ! 0.0 ! !

2 !0.5
0 !1.0
0 2 4 6 8 10 0 2 4 6 8 10
Time !s" Time !s"

x !m"
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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b. The marble is given an identical bump at t = 2 s, but the bump is to the left.

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1.0

Velocity !m#s"
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Position !m"
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2 !0.5
0 !1.0
0 2 4 6 8 10 0 2 4 6 8 10
Time !s" Time !s"

x !m"
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

c. The marble is bumped exactly as the original, but this time the marble is located at x = –2 m when
the bump occurs (at t = 2 s).

8 1.5
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Velocity !m#s"

6
Position !m"

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0 !1.0
0 2 4 6 8 10 0 2 4 6 8 10
Time !s" Time !s"

x !m"
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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d. The marble is bumped to the right twice as hard as the original.

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1.0

Velocity !m#s"
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Position !m"
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2 !0.5
0 !1.0
0 2 4 6 8 10 0 2 4 6 8 10
Time !s" Time !s"

x !m"
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

e. Everything is exactly the same as the original except that there is a wall located at x = 7 m so that
the marble suddenly reverses direction.

8 1.5
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1.0
Velocity !m#s"

6
Position !m"

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0.5 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
4 !
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! ! ! 0.0 ! !

2 !0.5
0 !1.0
0 2 4 6 8 10 0 2 4 6 8 10
Time !s" Time !s"

x !m"
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Refer to cases A through E above as evidence when answering the following questions.
f. If an object is moving away from the origin, is the velocity necessarily positive? Explain.

g. If an object is moving in the positive direction, is its position necessarily positive also? Explain.

h. If an object is moving in the positive direction, is its change in position necessarily positive also?
Explain.