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Topic 2 - Mechanics Notes
Topic 2 - Mechanics Notes
An object from rest took 5 sec to reach a speed of 10 ms-1 . Find the distance travelled in 5 sec.
An object at a height of 80 m is given a horizontal velocity of 30 m/s.
Air resistance is negligible.
Calculate
(i) the time it takes to hit the ground
(ii) horizontal distance travelled from the base of the cliff
(iii) the final velocity of the object when it hits the ground.
Frictional force depends only on the nature of the surfaces
It is independent of the surface area
Free Body Diagrams
A free body diagram shows the magnitude and direction of all the forces acting on an object