General Physics 1

Kinematics: Motion Along a Straight Line

 Table of Contents

01 Distance and
Displacement 03 Acceleration

Uniformly
02 Speed and
Velocity 04 Accelerated
Motion
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Acceleration
Acceleration

It is the rate of change of the

velocity. Acceleration is the

name we give to any process

where the velocity changes.

Acceleration
 High Speed,
High Speed, Low Speed, Low Speed,
High
Low Low High
Acceleratio
Acceleration Acceleration Acceleration
n

A car flooring it out of a red light

A car that is driving slowly and

nearly steady velocity through a
school zone

A car that is moving fast and tries

to pass another car on the freeway
by flooring it

A car driving with a high and nearly

steady velocity on the freeway
Acceleration
 Average Acceleration

𝑣 −𝑣 𝑜 𝑐h𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑖𝑛 𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦
⃗ )=
𝐴𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝐴𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛( 𝑎 =
∆𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑙
 Example
A neurotic tiger shark starts from rest and speeds up
uniformly to 12 meters per second in a time of 3 seconds.
What was the magnitude of the average acceleration of the
tiger shark?
 Example

A bald eagle is flying to the left with a speed of when a

gust of wind blows back against the eagle causing it to slow
down with a constant acceleration of a magnitude .
What will the speed of the bald eagle be after the wind has
blown for 3 seconds?
 Instantaneous Acceleration

2
⃗ 𝑑𝑣 𝑑 𝑥
𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝐴𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛( 𝑎 𝑖 )= =
𝑑𝑡 𝑑 𝑡 2
 Example
The motion of the car is provided by the function Compute its
Instantaneous Acceleration at time t = 5s.
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Uniformly Accelerated
Motion
Uniformly Accelerated Motion

The motion of a particle along a

straight line at a constant

acceleration. It means that the

velocity changes by equal amounts

in equal time intervals.

Uniformly Accelerated Motion
 Uniformly Accelerated Motion
An airplane accelerates down a runway at for 32.8 s until it
finally lifts off the ground. Determine the distance traveled
before takeoff.
 Free Fall
Jimin drops a ball from the top of a room located 10m above
the ground. Determine the time needed for the ball to reach
the ground.
 Assignment #4

A.) A sparrow, while going back to its nest accelerates to from in

8s. What can we say about its average acceleration?
 Assignment #4

B.) A particle is in motion and is accelerating. It is provided by the

function
1. Find the instantaneous velocity at
2. Find the instantaneous acceleration at
 Assignment #4

C.) A car starts from rest and accelerates uniformly over a time of 4
seconds for a distance of 60 m. Determine the acceleration of the
car.
 Assignment #4

D. A bike accelerates uniformly from rest to a speed of 8.5

m/s over a distance of 32 m. Determine the acceleration
of the bike.
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