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• Speed and Velocity
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SCALARS AND VECTORS
• Vectors have magnitude and direction (ex. 50 m, North)
• When you combine two or more vectors the sum is called the resultant.
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Comparing Vector & Scalar Values Displacement (a vector) versus distance (a scalar)
LAKE TRANQUILITY
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We want to get from point A to point B. If we follow the road around the lake our direction is always changing. There is no specific
direction. The distance traveled on the road is a scalar quantity.
A straight line between A and B is the displacement. It has a specific direction and is therefore a vector.
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1. The length of the line represents the magnitude and the arrow indicates the direction. 2. The magnitude and direction of the vector is
clearly labeled.
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Speed & Velocity
Speed and velocity are not the same. Velocity requires a directional component and is
therefore a vector quantity. Speed tells us how fast we are going but not which way.
Speed is a scalar (direction doesn’t count!)
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Speed
• Speed is the distance traveled divided by the time interval during which the motion occurred
• Average Speed - total distance
total time
• Unit for speed is m/s or km/h
• What speed did a plane fly if it travelled 1760m in 8 seconds?
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Ex. The speed of a cruise ship is 50km/hr. How much time did it take the trip to travel if it travelled 700km?
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Velocity
• Velocity is the speed of an object in a particular direction
• Imagine two birds leave the same tree at the same time. The both fly at 10km/hr for 5 minutes. Why don’t they end up at the same place?
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Resultant Velocity
• An object can have a resultant velocity if it is experiencing more than one motion.
• For example if a person walks down the center of a bus while it is in motion there are two velocities occurring.
– 1. The movement of the bus
– 2. The movement of the person inside the bus
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Example
15 m/s + = 1 m/s 16 m/s
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Example
15 m/s + 1 m/s = 14 m/s
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Examples of Vector
• A car travels at a constant velocity east.
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That same car slows down as it approaches a stop light.
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Acceleration
• Acceleration is the rate at which velocity changes over time
– An object accelerates if its speed, direction, or both change
• Average acceleration =
final velocity – starting velocity
time
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Ways to Accelerate!
• 1. Speed up
• 2. slow down
• 3 change direction
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Acceleration
• Example
– A car on the highway is traveling 55 mi/hr and it passes another car. In order to pass, the car has to accelerate to 65 mi/hr. The car reaches this velocity 40 seconds later. What is the average acceleration of the car?
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Deceleration- something slows down (negative acceleration)
A car traveling at 60 mph slams on the brakes to
avoid hitting a deer. The car comes to a safe stop
6 seconds after applying the brakes. What is the
car’s acceleration?
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Acceleration and Velocity
• As velocity increases, so does acceleration
• As velocity decreases, so does acceleration
• When direction changes, so does acceleration
• When there is a constant velocity, there is no acceleration