physics lecture notes (position & velocity time graphs)
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Lecture Notes (Position & Velocity Time Graphs)
Intro: - in day-to-day usage, the terms speed and velocity are interchangeable; in physics, however, there’s a clear distinction between them - speed is a scalar quantity, having only magnitude, while velocity is a vector, having both magnitude and direction Speed: - one of the most obvious characteristics of an object in motion is how fast it is moving; this is an object's speed, v
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- speed is the rate at which distance is covered and is always measured in terms of a unit of distance by a unit of time - because objects do not always move at the same speed we often use the average speed, v , of an object - the average speed is the total distance traveled, divided by the time required to cover the distance Ex. if a car travels 200 m in 10 seconds, we say its average speed is 20 m/s
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- note that the symbol for average speed has a bar above it; do not confuse this with the arrow over a symbol which stands for a vector quantity
- because total distance and total time are always positive, the average speed will be positive, also - the unit of speed is m/s Velocity: - most people use the words speed and velocity interchangeably; strictly speaking, however, there is a distinction between the two - when we say that something is traveling 60 km/hr we are specifying its speed; however, when we say an object is traveling 60 km/hr due north we are specifying its velocity - when we describe speed and the direction of motion, we are specifying velocity, v or v
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showing that this the vector quantity velocity and not the scalar quantity speed - average velocity is a vector quantity that points in the same direction as the displacement of the object being studied; it is the change in displacement divided by the time - because displacement and velocity are both vector quantities, they can be related in the same way that speed and distance are related; time is a scalar quantity
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- remember that the velocity can change during the time interval Ex. in driving your car to Dallas, you may average 50 mph, but that does not mean you are actually driving that speed the entire time
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1. When the object’s velocity and acceleration are in the same direction, the speed of the object increases with time.
2. When the object’s velocity and acceleration are in opposite directions, the speed of the object decreases with time.
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