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MasteringPhysics - Assignment - Motion in 1-D

1) The document describes a problem involving a car accelerating, then decelerating as the driver notices a police officer. Students are asked to draw motion diagrams representing the car's changing velocity and acceleration at different points. 2) Another problem involves a car and truck braking, with the car stopping faster than the truck. Students must identify the correct motion diagram for this situation. 3) The document contains examples of motion diagrams and asks students to apply them to situations like a train leaving a station or a sled coming to a stop.

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MasteringPhysics - Assignment - Motion in 1-D

1) The document describes a problem involving a car accelerating, then decelerating as the driver notices a police officer. Students are asked to draw motion diagrams representing the car's changing velocity and acceleration at different points. 2) Another problem involves a car and truck braking, with the car stopping faster than the truck. Students must identify the correct motion diagram for this situation. 3) The document contains examples of motion diagrams and asks students to apply them to situations like a train leaving a station or a sled coming to a stop.

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10/4/2017 MasteringPhysics: Assignment 1: Motion in 1-D

PSS1.1:(Almost)aDozenDiagrams

LearningGoal:
TopracticeProblemSolvingStrategy1.1forconstructingmotiondiagrams.

Acaristravelingwithconstantvelocityalongahighway.Thedrivernoticesheislateforworksohestompsdownonthegas
pedalandthecarbeginstoaccelerate.Thecarhasjustachieveddoubleitsinitialvelocitywhenthedriverspotsapoliceman
behindhimandappliesthebrakes.Thecarthendecelerates,comingtorestatastoplightahead.

Inthisproblem,youwillbeaskedseveralquestionsrelatedtoconstructionofamotiondiagramforthissituationandafew
others.

MODEL:Representthemovingobjectasaparticle.Makesimplifyingassumptionswheninterpretingtheproblemstatement.

VISUALIZE:Acompletemotiondiagramconsistsof:

Thepositionoftheobjectineachframeofthefilm,shownasadot.Usefiveorsixdotstomakethemotionclear
butwithoutovercrowdingthepicture.Morecomplexmotionsmayneedmoredots.
Theaveragevelocityvectors,foundbyconnectingeachdotinthemotiondiagramtothenextwithavectorarrow.
Thereisonevelocityvectorlinkingeachsetoftwopositiondots.Labeltherowofvelocityvectorsv .
Theaverageaccelerationvectors,foundusingTacticsBox1.3.Thereisoneaccelerationvectorlinkingeachsetof
twovelocityvectors.Eachaccelerationvectorisdrawnatthedotbetweenthetwovelocityvectorsitlinks.Use0to
indicateapointatwhichtheaccelerationiszero.Labeltherowofaccelerationvectorsa.

Model
Itisappropriatetousetheparticlemodelforthecar.Youshouldalsomakesomesimplifyingassumptions.

PartA
Whichofthefollowingsimplifyingassumptionsisitreasonabletomakeinthisproblem?
Checkallthatapply.
ANSWER:

Duringeachofthethreedifferentstagesofitsmotion,thecarismovingwithconstant(possiblyzero)
acceleration.

Duringeachofthethreedifferentstagesofitsmotion,thecarismovingwithconstant(possiblyzero)velocity.

Thehighwayisstraight(i.e.,therearenocurves).

Thehighwayislevel(i.e.,therearenohillsorvalleys).

Correct

Visualize
Nowdrawamotiondiagram,includingalltheelementslistedintheproblemsolvingstrategy.Useyourdiagramtoanswerthe
followingquestions.

Ininterpretingthediagramsthatfollow,assumethatthecarismovinginastraightlinetotheright.

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Refertothissetofmotiondiagramsinansweringthefollowing.

PartB
Whichofthediagramsbestdescribesthepositionandthevelocityofthecarbeforethedrivernoticesheislate?
ANSWER:

Correct

PartC
Whichofthediagramsbestdescribesthepositionandthevelocityofthecarafterthedriverhitsthegas,butbeforehe
noticesthepoliceman?
ANSWER:

Correct

PartD
Whichofthediagramsbestdescribesthepositionandthevelocityofthecarafterthedrivernoticesthepoliceman?
ANSWER:

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Correct

PartE
Whichofthesediagramsmostaccuratelydepictstheacceleration
ofthecarduringtheeventsdescribedintheproblem
introduction?

Assumethatthecarisinitiallymovingtotheright.

ANSWER:

Correct

Nowlet'suseourresultsforthecarandapplythemtosomeotherproblems.Considerthesethreesituations:

Atrainhasitsbrakesreleasedandpullsoutofthestation,slowlypickingupspeed.
Asledisgivenaquickpushalongahorizontalsurfacethesledcomestoastopaftercoveringsomedistance.
Amotorcycleismovingalongastraighthighwayat105km/h(thelegalspeedlimitinmanystates).

PartF
Ofthethreesituationsdescribed,whichobjectcorrespondstothepositionandvelocitydiagramshownhere?

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ANSWER:

thetrain

thesled

themotorcycle

Correct
Notethatthediagramshownisnotacompletemotiondiagramitlacksthevectorrepresentingtheaccelerationofthe
object.

PartG
Ofthethreesituationsdescribed,whichobjectcorrespondstothemotiondiagramshownhere?

ANSWER:

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thetrain

thesled

themotorcycle

Correct

Letusnowconsideranotherscenario.Acarandatruckaremovingatthesamevelocityalongastraighthighway.Bothdrivers
applythebrakesatthesamemoment.Thecarandtruckbothcometoastop.Thecartakeslesstimetostopthanthetruck.

Refertothemotiondiagramsshownhereinansweringthefollowing.

Assumethatbothcarsaremovingtotheright.

PartH
Whichofthethreediagramsshownbestdescribesthemotionofthecarandtruckafterthebrakeshavebeenapplied?
ANSWER:

Correct

PartI
Diagram(B)isincorrectbecause,accordingtoit:
ANSWER:

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Thecarandtruckmoveindifferentdirections.

Thecarismovingatconstantvelocity.

Thetruckisspeedingup.

Thecarandthetruckhavethesameacceleration.

Correct

PartJ
Diagram(C)isincorrectbecause,accordingtoit:
ANSWER:

Thecarandtruckmoveindifferentdirections.

Thecarismovingatconstantvelocity.

Thetruckisspeedingup.

Thecarandthetruckhavethesameacceleration.

Correct

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