While waiting for the CABS bus on the way home from physics class, your friend looks up at the traffic signal and says, "I wonder how big the traffic signal is, it can't be more than half a meter tall?" Having only a rock, the timer on your phone (no service), your knowledge of kinematics, and all the time in the world, you two decide to figure out its vertical size L. First you throw the rock vertically upwards so that the maximum height of the rock just matches the height of the bottom of the traffic signal at the peak of the rock's trajectory. Your friend times that the rock is in the air for a total of tpottom = 2.1 seconds from when you release it to when you catch it (averaging over several trials). Next you throw the rock vertically upwards so that it matches the height at the top of the traffic signal at the peak of its trajectory, and measure it to take trop over several trials). What is the approximate vertical size L of the traffic signal? 2.3 seconds (averaging
Displacement, Velocity and Acceleration
In classical mechanics, kinematics deals with the motion of a particle. It deals only with the position, velocity, acceleration, and displacement of a particle. It has no concern about the source of motion.
Linear Displacement
The term "displacement" refers to when something shifts away from its original "location," and "linear" refers to a straight line. As a result, “Linear Displacement” can be described as the movement of an object in a straight line along a single axis, for example, from side to side or up and down. Non-contact sensors such as LVDTs and other linear location sensors can calculate linear displacement. Non-contact sensors such as LVDTs and other linear location sensors can calculate linear displacement. Linear displacement is usually measured in millimeters or inches and may be positive or negative.
I'm confused on how to tell what equation to use to solve this. Can you explain how to determine that are well. Thank you!
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