College Physics
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Author: ETKINA, Eugenia, Planinšič, G. (gorazd), Van Heuvelen, Alan
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Chapter 2, Problem 10P
* You recorded your position with respect to the front door of your house as you walked to the mallbox. Examine the data presented in Table 2.8 and answer the following questions (a) What instruments might you have used to collect data? (b) Represent your motion using a position-versus-time graph. (c) Tell the story of your motion in words. (d) Show on the graph the displacement, distance, and path length.
Table 2.8
t(s) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
x(steps) | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 9 |
2.6 Constant Velocity Linear Motion
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