Assignment 2: Motion in One Dimension

The period for working these problems for credit expired at 07:00 AM, 11/22/2009

Problem 1: Calculate average velocity and average speed for a person walking.

Problem 2: Interpret some position v.s time and velocity v.s. time graphs.

Problem 3: Determine instantaneous and average values of acceleration, velocity and displacement when position is given as a function of time.

Problem 4: A ball is thrown upward. Find its maximum height and how long it takes to hit the ground.

Problem 5: A ball is thrown upward from a height h. Find how long it takes to hit the ground and to reach a certain height.

Problem 6: A Physlet Problem - interpret the motion.

Problem 7: Physlet problem: when will one cart overtake the other?

Problem 8: Indentify the correct motion plots for the green monster truck.

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