Learning Module in General Physics 1
Learning Module in General Physics 1
Learning Module in General Physics 1
may be classified as
UNIFORM UNIFORMLY
INTRODUCTION
Kinematics is the science of describing the motion of objects using words, diagrams, numbers, graphs, and
equations. Kinematics is a branch of mechanics. The goal of any study of kinematics is to develop sophisticated
mental models that serve to describe and explain the motion of real-world objects.
In this module, we will investigate the words used to describe the motion of objects. That is, we will focus on
the language of kinematics. The hope is to gain a comfortable foundation with the language that is used
throughout the study of mechanics. We will study such terms as scalars, vectors, distance, displacement,
speed, velocity and acceleration. These words are used with regularity to describe the motion of objects. Your
goal should be to become very familiar with their meaning.
DISPLACEMENT versus DISTANCE
• Displacement – it refers to the straight-line distance between an object’s initial and final positions,
with direction toward the final position. In symbols,
∆𝒙 = 𝒙 − 𝒙𝒐
It is a vector quantity that described both magnitude and direction.
• Distance – it refers to the total length of path taken by an object in moving from its initial to final
position. It is a scalar quantity for it described by its magnitude only.
SAMPLE PROBLEM#1
Starting from the church, a procession has to take the following route: 50 m, north; 40 m, east;
and 60 m, north. To go back, it has to follow the same route but in the opposite direction. (a)
What is the total distance traveled? (b) What is the total displacement?
SOLUTION:
a. total distance traveled = 50 m + 40 m + 60 m + 60 m + 40 m + 50 m
= 300 m
b. The displacement is zero because the procession went back to where it started.
• SPEED – it is a scalar quantity in which it refers to the distance traveled by a body in a given time.
• Average Speed – it is the total distance traveled divided by the total time elapsed.
• Instantaneous Speed – it is the speed at a particular moment in time.
• VELOCITY – it is a vector quantity that refers to the displacement of a body in a specified time interval.
• Average Velocity – it is the displacement divided by the total time elapsed.
𝒙 − 𝒙𝒐 ∆𝒙
̅=
𝒗 =
𝒕 − 𝒕𝒐 ∆𝒕
Usually, 𝒙𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 are set to be equal to zero. Thus,
∆𝒙
̅=
𝒗
∆𝒕
SAMPLE PROBLEM#2
Vania walks to her school 360 m away at a constant speed of 3.0 m/s. Ten seconds later, her
brother Angelito follows at a constant speed of 4.0 m/s. (a) How long will it take Angelito to
overtake Vania? (b) How far is Vania from school when overtaken by Angelito?
SOLUTION:
Let t be the time for Angelito overtaken Vania. Therefore,
Time Vania has been walking, 𝒕𝒗 = 𝒕 + 𝟏𝟎 𝒔
𝒎
Distance traveled by Angelito in time 𝒕, 𝒙𝑨 = (𝟒. 𝟎 )
𝒔
𝒎
Distance traveled by Vania in time (𝒕 + 𝟏𝟎 𝒔), 𝒙𝒗 = (𝟑. 𝟎 )(𝒕 + 𝟏𝟎 𝒔)
𝒔
a. To be overtaken, 𝒙𝑨 must be equal to 𝒙𝒗 . Therefore,
(4.0 m/s)t= (3.0m/s)(t + 10s)
Solving for t, t = 30 s.
b. First, we solve for the distance traveled by Vania when Angelito had overtaken her.
𝒙
Manipulating the equation 𝒗 = and letting 𝒗𝒗 be the speed of Vania,
𝒕
𝒎
𝒙𝒗 = (𝒕 + 𝟏𝟎 𝒔)𝒗𝒗 = (𝟑. 𝟎 ) = 𝟏𝟐𝟎 𝒎
𝒔
The school is 360 m away from Vania’s place. Therefore, Vania is 360 m – 120 m = 240 m away from school
when overtaken by Angelito.
ASSESSMENT
Online Problem Solving via Zoom
ASSIGNMENT
PERFORMANCE TASK
TITLE: My Dream Travel Itineraries
Instruction: Plan your own dream travel itineraries. Use Google Maps to gather data of distance
between one place and another. Compute your total distance of travel and total displacement. Place
your output on MS PowerPoint.
RUBRICS
NOTE: To be submitted on September 22, 2021.Attach your file on your Google Drive.