Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Pendulum in Car

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written by Gary Gladding
published by the University of llinois Physics Education Research Group

This interactive problem presents an accelerating car with a ball of known mass hanging by a string from its ceiling. Given the string displacement from the vertical, learners must determine the magnitude of the car's acceleration. A user-activated "help" sequence promotes understanding of this situation relative to positions both inside and outside the car. Included are a step-by-step conceptual analysis, free-body diagrams, and explanation of math applications. Immediate feedback is received for both correct and incorrect responses. This resource is part of a larger collection of interactive problems for introductory physics.

https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys111/ie/03/IE_car

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Classical Mechanics - Newton's Second Law = Force, Acceleration - Relative Motion = Moving Reference Frames Education Practices - Active Learning = Problem Solving	- Lower Undergraduate - High School	- Instructional Material = Activity = Best practice = Problem/Problem Set = Tutorial

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2006 University of Illinois Physics Education Research Group
Keywords:: Newton's Second Law, acceleration, free-body diagram, homework problem, interactive problem, pendulum, relative motion
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created January 28, 2008 by Alea Smith
Record Updated:: November 12, 2014 by Caroline Hall
Last Update when Cataloged:: June 16, 2006
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=6404">Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Pendulum in Car. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, June 16, 2006.</a>

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G. Gladding, (University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, Urbana, 2006), WWW Document, (https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys111/ie/03/IE_car).

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G. Gladding, Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Pendulum in Car (University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, Urbana, 2006), <https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys111/ie/03/IE_car>.

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Gladding, G. (2006, June 16). Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Pendulum in Car. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from University of llinois Physics Education Research Group: https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys111/ie/03/IE_car

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Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Pendulum in Car. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, June 16, 2006. https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys111/ie/03/IE_car (accessed 19 April 2024).

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Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Pendulum in Car. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, 2006. 16 June 2006. 19 Apr. 2024 <https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys111/ie/03/IE_car>.

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@misc{ Author = "Gary Gladding", Title = {Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Pendulum in Car}, Publisher = {University of llinois Physics Education Research Group}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {19 April 2024}, Month = {June 16, 2006}, Year = {2006} }

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