more about velocity time graphs and acceleration
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More about Velocity Time Graphs and Acceleration
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Velocity-Time (V-T) GraphSlope = acceleration
Slope is constant = acceleration is constant
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Determining Acceleration from a (v-t) Graph
• The following equation expresses average acceleration as the slope of the velocity-time graph.
• Average acceleration is equal to the change in velocity, divided by the time it takes to make that change.
• Units: m/s/s or m/s2
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Velocity and Acceleration
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Velocity-Time (v-t) Graph
• If slope is not constant acceleration is not constant– How would you describe the sprinter’s velocity
and acceleration as shown on the graph?
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Velocity and Acceleration• The instantaneous acceleration can be found by
drawing a tangent line on the velocity-time graph at the point of time in which you are interested.
• The slope of this line is equal to the instantaneous acceleration.
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3 Ways to Show Acceleration
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Determining Acceleration from av-t Graph
• Graphs A, B, C, D, and E, as shown on the right, represent the motions of five different runners.
• Assume that the positive direction has been chosen to be east.
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Determining Acceleration from av-t Graph
• The slopes of Graphs A and E are zero. Thus, the accelerations are zero. Both Graphs A and E show motion at a constant velocity— Graph A to the east
• and Graph E to the west.
• Graph B shows motion with a positive velocity. The slope of this graph indicates a constant, positive cceleration.
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Determining Acceleration from av-t Graph
• Graph C has a negative slope, showing motion that begins with a positive velocity, slows down, and then stops. This means that the acceleration and velocity are in opposite directions.
• The point at which Graphs C and B cross shows that the runners’ velocities are equal at that point. It does not, however, give any information about the runners’ positions..
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Determining Acceleration from av-t Graph
• Graph D indicates movement that starts out toward the west, slows down, and for an instant gets to zero velocity, and then moves east with increasing speed.
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Determining Acceleration from av-t Graph
• The slope of Graph D is positive.– Because the velocity
and acceleration are in opposite directions, the velocity decreases and equals zero at the time the graph crosses the axis.
– After that time, the velocity and acceleration are in the same direction and the velocity increases.
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Position-Time(P-T) and Velocity-Time (V-T) Graph Relationships
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-Slope: Gives us Velocity.- Constant Slope=Constant Velocity
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P-T Graph
-Slope: Gives Us Acceleration-Zero Slope= Zero Acceleration
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Finding Displacement from a v-t Graph
• A unique position-time graph cannot be created using a velocity-time graph because it does not contain any information about the object’s position
• However, the velocity-time graph does contain information about the object’s displacement.
• Recall that for an object moving at a constant• velocity,
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Finding Displacement from a v-t Graph
• On the graph shown on the• right, v is the height of the
plotted line above the t-axis, while Δt is the width of the shaded rectangle.
• The area of the rectangle, then, is v Δt, or Δd.
• Thus, the area under the v-t graph is equal to the object’s displacement.
Δd = vΔtt
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Finding Displacement from a v-t Graph
The v-t graph below shows the motion of anairplane. Find the displacement of the airplane at t = 1.0 s and at Δt = 2.0 s.
Δd = vΔt
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Question 1• Which of the following statements
correctly define acceleration?A. Acceleration is the rate of change of
displacement of an object.B. Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity
of an object.C. Acceleration is the amount of distance
covered in unit time.D. Acceleration is the rate of change of
velocityof an object.
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Question 2
• What happens when the velocity vector and the acceleration vector of an object in motion are in same direction?
• A. The acceleration of the object increases.• B. The velocity of the object increases.• C. The object comes to rest.• D. The velocity of the object decreases.
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Describing Motion with Graphs 1.Plot and interpret a distance-time graph and a velocity-time graph. 2. Deduce from the shape of a distance-time graph when a body is:
(a) at rest (b) moving with uniform velocity(c) moving with non-uniform velocity
3. Deduce from the shape of a velocity-time graph when a body is: (a) at rest (b) moving with uniform velocity(c) moving with uniform acceleration (d) moving with non-uniform acceleration
4. Calculate the area under a velocity-time graph to determine the distance travelled for motion with uniform velocity or uniform acceleration.
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Key Concepts
Position-time Graph
1. Slope of the Position-time Graph is the velocity of the moving object
Velocity-time Graph
1. Slope of the Velocity-time Graph is the acceleration of the moving object.
2. Area under the Velocity-time Graph is the distance travelled.
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Distance-time GraphA car has travelled past a lamp post on the road and the distance of the car from the lamp post is measured every second. The distance and the time readings are recorded and a graph is plotted using the data. The following pages are the results for four possible journeys. The steeper the line, the greater the speed.
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The /slope of the distance-time graph gives the velocity
of the moving object.
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Velocity-time Graph
The shapes of the velocity-time graphs may look similar to the distance-time graphs, but the information they provide is different.
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The slope of the velocity-time graph gives the acceleration of the moving object.
If the object is travelling in only one direction, the Position-time graph is also known as displacement-time graph and the velocity-time graph
is also its velocity-time graph.
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Example 1
veclocity
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Example 2
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Area under a velocity-time graph
The figure below shows the velocity-time graph of a car travelling with a uniform velocityof 20 ms-1. The distance travelled by the car is given by:
Distance = velocityx time = 20 x 5
= 100 m
The same information of distance travelled can also be obtained by calculating the area under the velocity-time graph.
The area under a velocity-time graph gives the distance travelled.
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Example 3 - Question
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Example 3 - Solution