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Chapter 2
Physics for Scientists and
Engineers, with Modern
Physics, 4th Edition
Giancoli
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Chapter 2
Describing Motion: Kinematics
in One Dimension
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Opening Question?
Two small heavy balls have the same diameter but one
weighs twice as much as the other. The balls are dropped
from a second story balcony at the exact same time. The
time to reach the ground below will be:
(a) twice as long for the lighter ball than the heavier one.
(b) longer for the lighter ball but not twice as long.
(c) twice as long for the heavier ball than the lighter one.
(d) longer for the heavier ball but not twice as long.
(e) nearly the same for both balls.
Units of Chapter 2
• Reference Frames and Displacement

• Average Velocity
• Instantaneous Velocity
• Acceleration
• Motion at Constant Acceleration
• Solving Problems
• Freely Falling Objects
Note: Optional sections 2-8 & 2-9 are not required.
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2-1 Reference Frames and Displacement

Any measurement of position, distance, or speed
must be made with respect to a reference frame.
For example, if you are sitting on a train and someone walks
down the aisle, the person’s speed with respect to the train
is a few km/hr, at most. The person’s speed with respect to
the ground is much higher.
A person walks toward the front of a train at 5 km/h.
The train is moving 80 km/h with respect to the
ground, so the walking person’s speed, relative to
the ground, is 85 km/h.

We make a distinction between distance and
displacement.
Displacement (blue line) is how far the object is from
its starting point, regardless of how it got there.
Distance traveled (dashed line) is measured along the
actual path.
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A person walks 70 m east, then 30 m west. The total

distance traveled is 100 m (path is shown dashed in black);
but the displacement, shown as a solid blue arrow, is 40 m
to the east.
Note that we often use the x axis for horizontal motion and
the y axis for vertical motion but this is arbitrary.

The displacement is written:
Left: Right:
Displacement is positive. Displacement is negative.
The arrow represents the displacement x2 – x1.

Distances are in m.
For the displacement ∆x = x2 – x1 = 10.0 m – 30.0 m, the
displacement vector points to the left. (∆x = – 20.0 m)
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2-2 Average Speed and Velocity

Speed is how far an object travels in a given time
interval:
Velocity includes directional information:
2-2 Average Velocity

Example 2-1: Runner’s average velocity.
The position of a runner as a function of time is
plotted as moving along the x axis of a coordinate
system. During a 3.00 s time interval, the runner’s
position changes from x1 = 50.0 m to x2 = 30.5 m, as
shown. What was the runner’s average velocity?
Divide the displacement by the
elapsed time.
x 30.5 50.0 19.5
v 6.50 m / s
t 3.00 3.00
Answer could also be written as
6.5 m to left.
A bar over a quantity is used to indicate average.
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2-2 Average Velocity
Example 2-2: Distance a cyclist travels.

How far can a cyclist travel in 2.5 h
along a straight road if her average
velocity is 18 km/h?
x
v x v t 18 2.5 45 km
t
2-3 Instantaneous Velocity

The instantaneous velocity is the
average velocity in the limit as the time
interval becomes infinitesimally short.
Ideally, a speedometer would

measure instantaneous
velocity; in fact, it measures
average velocity, but over a
very short time interval.
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The instantaneous speed

always equals the
magnitude of the
instantaneous velocity; it
only equals the average
velocity if the velocity is
constant.

On a graph of a particle’s position vs. time, the
instantaneous velocity is the tangent to the curve
at any point.
The slope of the straight line P1P2 represents the average

velocity of the particle during the time interval ∆t = t2 – t1.
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The average velocity over the time interval ti – t1 (which is

the slope of P1Pi) is less than the average velocity over the
time interval t2 – t1. The slope of the thin line tangent to the
curve at point P1 equals the instantaneous velocity at time
t 1.
This is the same x vs. t curve as in previous slide

showing the slope at four different points.
At P3 the slope is zero (instantaneous velocity is zero).
At P4 the slope is negative so v < 0.
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Example 2-3: Given x as a function of t.
A jet engine moves along an
experimental track (which we call the x
axis) as shown. We will treat the
engine as if it were a particle. Its
position as a function of time is given
by the equation x = At2 + B, where A =
2.10 m/s2 and B = 2.80 m. (a) Determine
the displacement of the engine during
the time interval from t1 = 3.00 s to t2 =
5.00 s. (b) Determine the average
velocity during this time interval. (c)
Determine the magnitude of the
instantaneous velocity at t = 5.00 s.
(a) Determine the displacement of the engine during the

time interval from t1 = 3.00 s to t2 = 5.00 s.
x At 2 B 2.10t 2 2.80
at t1 3s x1 2.10 32 2.80 21.7 m
at t2 5s x2 2.10 52 2.80 55.3 m
displacement : x x2 x1 55.3 21.7 33.6 m
(b) Determine the average velocity during this time interval.
x x2 x1 55.3 21.7 33.6

v 16.8 m / s
t t2 t1 5 3 2
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(c) Determine the magnitude of the instantaneous

velocity at t = 5.00 s.
Instantaneous velocity :
x At 2 B [ A 2.10 m / s 2 B 2.80 m t 5 s]
dx d
v At 2 B 2 At
dt dt
2 2.10 5 21.0 m / s
2-4 Acceleration
Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity.
Example 2-4: Average acceleration.
A car accelerates
along a straight
road from rest to
90 km/h in 5.0 s.
What is the
magnitude of its
average
acceleration?
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Note :
90 km 90 1000 m
hr 60 60 s
25 m/s
v1 0 v2 25 m / s
t1 0 t2 5.0 m / s
v v2 v1 25 0
a 5.0 m / s 2
t t2 t1 5.0 0
2-4 Acceleration
Conceptual Example 2-5: Velocity and acceleration.
(a) If the velocity of an object is zero, does it mean
that the acceleration is zero?
a. No; if this were true nothing could ever change
from a velocity of zero!
(b) If the acceleration is zero, does it mean that the

velocity is zero? Think of some examples.
b. No, but it does mean the velocity is constant.
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2-4 Acceleration
Example 2-6: Car slowing down.
An automobile is moving to the right along a
straight highway, which we choose to be the
positive x axis. Then the driver puts on the brakes.
If the initial velocity (when the driver hits the
brakes) is v1 = 15.0 m/s, and it takes 5.0 s to slow
down to v2 = 5.0 m/s, what was the car’s average
acceleration?
v v2 v1 5.0 15.0
a
t t2 t1 5.0 0
2.0 m / s 2
2-4 Acceleration
There is a difference between negative
acceleration and deceleration:
Negative acceleration is acceleration in the
negative direction as defined by the coordinate
system.
Deceleration occurs when the acceleration is
opposite in direction to the velocity.
The car of the previous example, now moving to the left and
decelerating. The acceleration is +2.0 m/s
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2-4 Acceleration
The instantaneous acceleration is the average

acceleration in the limit as the time interval
becomes infinitesimally short.
2-4 Acceleration
Example 2-7: Acceleration given x(t).
A particle is moving in a straight line so that its
position is given by the relation
x = (2.10 m/s2)t2 + (2.80 m). Calculate (a) its average
acceleration during the time interval from t1 = 3.00 s
to t2 = 5.00 s, and (b) its instantaneous acceleration
as a function of time.
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(a) For the motion x At 2 B [A 2.10 m/s 2 , B 2.80 m]

dx d
v At 2 B 2At 2 2.10t 4.2t m/s
dt dt
at t1 3.00 s v1 4.2 3.00 12.6 m/s
at t2 5.00 s v2 4.2 5.00 21.0 m/s
v v2 v1 21.0 12.6
a 4.2 m/s 2
t t2 t1 5.00 3.00
(b) For the motion x At 2 B [A 2.10 m/s 2 , B 2.80 m]

from (a) v 2At
dv
a 2A 2 2.10 4.2 m/s 2
dt
Note that a is constant which accounts for

instantaneous and average acceleration being equal.
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2-4 Acceleration
Conceptual Example 2-8: Analyzing with graphs.
This figure shows the velocity as a function of
time for two cars accelerating from 0 to 100 km/h
in a time of 10.0 s. Compare (a) the average
acceleration; (b) instantaneous acceleration; and
(c) total distance traveled for the two cars.
a. Average acceleration is the same; both have the

same change in speed over the same time.
b. Car A accelerates faster than B at the beginning
but then slower than B towards the end (look at the
slope of the lines).
c. Car A is always going faster than car B, so it will
travel farther.
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2-5 Motion at Constant Acceleration

The average velocity of an object during a time
interval t is
Note that x0 and t0 are initial positions and time.

It is normal to take t0 = 0 and omit it from the
equations.
The acceleration, assumed constant, is
v v0 at
x x0
Since v vt x x0 x x0 v t
t
v0 v
and for constant acceleration v
2
Combining these equations and v v0 at gives :
x x0 v0t 1
2 at 2
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We can also combine these equations so as to

eliminate t:
We now have all the equations we need to solve

constant-acceleration problems.
2-6 Solving Problems

1. Read the whole problem and make sure you
understand it. Then read it again.
2. Decide on the objects under study and what
the time interval is.
3. Draw a diagram and choose coordinate axes.
4. Write down the known (given) quantities, and
then the unknown ones that you need to find.
5. What physics applies here? Plan an approach
to a solution.
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6. Which equations relate the known and
unknown quantities? Are they valid in this
situation? Solve algebraically for the unknown
quantities, and check that your result is sensible
(correct dimensions).
7. Calculate the solution and round it to the
appropriate number of significant figures.
8. Look at the result—is it reasonable? Does it
agree with a rough estimate?
9. Check the units again.

Example 2-10: Acceleration of a car.
How long does it take a car to cross a 30.0 m wide
intersection after the light turns green, if the car
accelerates from rest at a constant 2.00 m/s2?
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Use : x x0 v0t 1
at 2 1
at 2 x0 = v0 = 0
2 2
x = 30.0 m
2x 2 30.0 a = 2.00 m/s2
t 5.48 s
a 2.00 t=?
A small plane can accelerate at 2.00 m/s2. If its

takeoff speed is 100 km/hr, what is the minimum
length of runway required?
v0 0
100 km 100 1000 m
v 27.8 m/s
hr 60 60 s
a 2 m/s 2
x0 0
x ?
Use : v 2 v02 2a x x0
2
27.8 0 2 2x 0
2
27.8
x 193 m (approx. 200 m)
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Example 2-11: Air bags.
Suppose you want to design an air bag system
that can protect the driver at a speed of 100
km/h (60 mph) if the car hits a brick wall.
Estimate how fast the air bag must inflate to
effectively protect the driver. How does the
use of a seat belt help the driver?
Example 2-11. An air bag deploying on impact.
Solution: Assume the acceleration is constant; the car goes

from 100 km/h (27.8 m/s) to zero in a distance of about 1 m
(the crumple zone). This takes a time of about t = 0.07 s, so
the air bag has to inflate faster than this.
The seat belt keeps the driver in position, and also assures
that the driver decelerates with the car, rather than by
hitting the dashboard
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100 km 100 1000 m

v0 27.8 m/s
hr 60 60 s
v 0
x0 0 a ?
x 1m t ?
1: v2 v02 2a x x0
2
0 27.8 2a 1 0
2
27.8
a -386 m/s 2
2
2: v v0 at
v v0 0 27.8
t 0.07 s
a 386
Example 2-12: Braking distances.

Estimate the minimum stopping distance for a car. The problem
is best dealt with in two parts, two separate time intervals. (1)
The first time interval begins when the driver decides to hit the
brakes, and ends when the foot touches the brake pedal. This is
the “reaction time,” about 0.50 s, during which the speed is
constant, so a = 0.
1. v = x/t x = vt = 14G0.5 = 7 m
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(2) The second time interval is the actual

braking period when the vehicle slows down
(a ≠ 0) and comes to a stop. The stopping
distance depends on the reaction time of the
driver, the initial speed of the car (the final
speed is zero), and the acceleration of the
car. Calculate the total stopping distance for
an initial velocity of 50 km/h (= 13.9 m/s) and
assume the acceleration of the car is
-6.0 m/s2 (the minus sign appears because
the velocity is taken to be in the positive x
direction and its magnitude is decreasing).
v2 v02 2a x x0
2
0 13.9 2 6.0 x 0
2
13.9
x 16 m
2 6.0
Total Distance 7 16 23 m

Example 2-13: Two moving objects: Police and speeder.
A car speeding at 150 km/h passes a still police car
which immediately takes off in hot pursuit. Using
simple assumptions, such as that the speeder
continues at constant speed, estimate how long it takes
the police car to overtake the speeder. Then estimate
the police car’s speed at that moment and decide if the
assumptions were reasonable.
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We can always attempt to solve a complex problem by

making assumptions and approximations. The question is –
are these assumptions and approximations good and
justified?
Look at the implications of the assumptions made in this
question:
Speeding Car: v = 150 km/hr = 41.7 m/s
x = vt = 41.7t
Police Car : Can go from 0 to100 km/hr 27.8 m/s in 5s
Δv 27.8
Constant acceleration : a 5.56 m/s 2
Δt 5.0
Using x x0 v0t 1
2 at 2 x0 0 , v0 0
gives x 2.78t 2
41.7
Combining equations : 41.7t 2.78t 2 t 15.0 s
2.78
For Police Car : v v0 at 0 5.56 15 83.4 m/s 300 km/hr

This is clearly not possible. The acceleration of the police
car would not be constant. The motor would not be able to
maintain a constant torque and air resistance would
increase with speed (roughly as the square of the speed).
Also the speeding car may have slowed down during the
pursuit. The graph on the right may be a better
representation of the chase but we do not have sufficient
information do determine this.
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2-7 Freely Falling Objects

Near the surface of the Earth, all objects
experience approximately the same acceleration
due to gravity.
This is one of the most
common examples of
motion with constant
acceleration.
Multiflash photograph of a falling

apple, at equal time intervals. The
apple falls farther during each
successive interval, which means it
is accelerating.
In the absence of air

resistance, all objects
fall with the same
acceleration, although
this may be tricky to
tell by testing in an
environment where
there is air resistance.
(a) A ball and a (b) Repeated,
light piece of with the paper
paper are wadded up.
dropped at the
same time.
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The acceleration due to

gravity at the Earth’s
surface is approximately
9.80 m/s2. At a given
location on the Earth and
in the absence of air
resistance, all objects fall
with the same constant
acceleration.

Suppose that a ball is
dropped (v0 = 0) from a
tower 70.0 m high. How far
will it have fallen after a
time t1 = 1.00 s, t2 = 2.00 s,
and t3 = 3.00 s? Ignore air
resistance.
Show that at
t1 = 1.00 s, y1 = 4.90 m,
t2 = 2.00 s, y2 = 19.6 m,
t3 = 3.00 s, y3 = 44.1 m
Use y y0 v0 y t 1
2 a yt 2
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Suppose a ball is thrown downward with an initial
velocity of 3.00 m/s, instead of being dropped. (a)
What then would be its position after 1.00 s and
2.00 s? (b) What would its speed be after 1.00 s
and 2.00 s? Compare with the speeds of a
dropped ball.
Solution: This is the same as previous example, except that
the initial speed is not zero. Show that:
(a) At t = 1.00 s, y = 7.90 m. At t = 2.00 s, y = 25.6 m.
(b) At t = 1.00 s, v = 12.8 m/s. At t = 2.00 s, v = 22.6 m/s.
This is the case The speed is always 3.00 m/s faster than a dropped ball.
where initial Hint: If you choose downwards as positive you avoid
speed is ZERO negative signs in equation.
You should attempt the following four examples from the

text before looking at the worked solutions as an exercise
before the next lecture. Answers are given here but not
worked solutions.
Be careful in your choice of reference frame and the origin.
It is best to take the point where the object is thrown as zero

(y = y0 = 0 at this point).
All upwards displacements (positions) and velocities will be

positive. A downwards velocity (or a displacement below
the origin will be negative.
The acceleration (acceleration due to gravity (g = 9.8 m/s2)

is always negative as it is directed downwards.
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A person throws a ball upward into
the air with an initial velocity of
15.0xm/s. Calculate (a) how high it
goes, and (b) how long the ball is in
the air before it comes back to the
hand. Ignore air resistance.
An object thrown into the air leaves the
thrower’s hand at A, reaches its maximum
height at B, and returns to the original position
at C.
Solution: a. At the highest position, the speed is
zero, so we know the acceleration, the initial
and final speeds, and are asked for the
distance. Substituting gives y = 11.5 m.
b. Now we want the time; t = 3.06 s.

Conceptual Example: Two possible misconceptions.
Give examples to show the error in these two
common misconceptions: (1) that acceleration and
velocity are always in the same direction, and (2) that
an object thrown upward has zero acceleration at the
highest point.
1.If acceleration and velocity were always in the

same direction, nothing could ever slow down!
2. At its highest point, the speed of thrown object
is zero. If its acceleration were also zero, it would
just stay at that point.
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Let us consider again a ball
thrown upward, and make more
calculations. Calculate (a) how
much time it takes for the ball to
reach the maximum height, and
(b) the velocity of the ball when it
returns to the thrower’s hand
(point C).
a.The time is 1.53 s, half the time for
a round trip (since we are ignoring
air resistance).
b. v = -15.0 m/s

Ball thrown upward, III; the quadratic formula.
For a ball thrown upward at an initial speed of 15.0xm/s,
calculate at what time t the ball passes a point 8.00 m above
the person’s hand.
Note that this is a quadratic equation; there are two solutions: t = 0.69 s
and t = 2.37 s. The first is the ball going up and the second is the ball
coming back down. In many problems only one of the solutions is valid.
In this case both are valid.
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Example 2-20: Ball thrown upward at edge of
cliff.
Suppose that a ball is thrown
upward at a speed of 15.0 m/s by a
person standing on the edge of a
cliff, so that the ball can fall to the
base of the cliff 50.0 m below. (a)
How long does it take the ball to
reach the base of the cliff? (b) What
is the total distance traveled by the
ball? Ignore air resistance (likely to
be significant, so our result is an
approximation).
v0 = 15 m/s
v=0
y0 = 0
y = -50 m
a = g = -9.8 m/s2
(a) y y0 v0t 1
2 at 2
50 0 15t 0.5 9.8t 2
4.9t 2 15t 50 0
b b 2 4ac
t
2a
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15 152 4 4.9 50
t
2 4.9
1.53 3.54 s
5.07 s or 2.01 s
5.07 s is the answer we want.

-2.01 s is a time before the ball was thrown.
Answer:
Time for the ball to reach the base of the cliff = 5.07 s.
(b) What is the total distance traveled by the ball?

Ignore air resistance (likely to be significant, so our
result is an approximation).
Firstly calculate the maximum height.

v2 v02 2a y y0
0 152 2 9.8 y 0
152
y 11.5 m
2 9.8
Total Distance : 2 11.5 50 73 m
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Summary of Chapter 2
• Kinematics is the description of how objects
move with respect to a defined reference frame.
• Displacement is the change in position of an
object.
• Average speed is the distance traveled divided
by the time it took; average velocity is the
displacement divided by the time.
• Instantaneous velocity is the average velocity
in the limit as the time becomes infinitesimally
short.
Summary of Chapter 2
• Average acceleration is the change in velocity
divided by the time.
• Instantaneous acceleration is the average
acceleration in the limit as the time interval
becomes infinitesimally small.
• The equations of motion for constant acceleration
are given in the text; there are four, each one of
which requires a different set of quantities.
• Objects falling (or having been projected) near the
surface of the Earth experience a gravitational
acceleration of 9.80 m/s2.
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• Reference Frames and Displacement

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2-1 Reference Frames and Displacement

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2-1 Reference Frames and Displacement

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A person walks 70 m east, then 30 m west. The total

2-1 Reference Frames and Displacement

The arrow represents the displacement x2 – x1.

2-2 Average Speed and Velocity

Velocity includes directional information:

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2-2 Average Velocity

2-2 Average Velocity

Example 2-2: Distance a cyclist travels.

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2-3 Instantaneous Velocity

Ideally, a speedometer would

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2-3 Instantaneous Velocity

The instantaneous speed

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2-3 Instantaneous Velocity

The slope of the straight line P1P2 represents the average

2-3 Instantaneous Velocity

The average velocity over the time interval ti – t1 (which is

This is the same x vs. t curve as in previous slide

2-3 Instantaneous Velocity

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(a) Determine the displacement of the engine during the

(b) Determine the average velocity during this time interval.

x x2 x1 55.3 21.7 33.6

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(c) Determine the magnitude of the instantaneous

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Example 2-4: Average acceleration.

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(b) If the acceleration is zero, does it mean that the

b. No, but it does mean the velocity is constant.

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The instantaneous acceleration is the average

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(a) For the motion x At 2 B [A 2.10 m/s 2 , B 2.80 m]

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(b) For the motion x At 2 B [A 2.10 m/s 2 , B 2.80 m]

Note that a is constant which accounts for

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a. Average acceleration is the same; both have the

2-5 Motion at Constant Acceleration

Note that x0 and t0 are initial positions and time.

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2-5 Motion at Constant Acceleration

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2-5 Motion at Constant Acceleration