Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Block on Incline

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

This is an interactive homework problem for introductory physics relating Newton's Second Law and gravitational acceleration. It features a block at rest atop an incline, with angle of incline and ramp length given. Students must determine the time required for the block to reach the bottom. A user-activated "help" sequence is provided for each step of the problem-solving, from conceptual analysis through quantitative calculation. Immediate feedback is received for both correct and incorrect responses. This resource is part of a larger collection of interactive problems for introductory physics. See Related Materials for a link to the full collection.

Editor's Note: We like this problem because it gives tips on finding the optimal coordinate system for solving the problem. To quote the author, " it is often worth your time to stop and think which directions are 'natural'. For example, the problem may have directions with no forces. This means that there is no acceleration in these directions. A problem that starts out 2-dimensional then turns out to really only have 1 dimension that matters."

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

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Classical Mechanics - Motion in Two Dimensions = Position & Displacement Education Practices - Active Learning = Problem Solving	- High School - Lower Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Activity = Best practice = Problem/Problem Set = Tutorial

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Intended User:: Learner
Format:: text/html
Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2006 University of Illinois Physics Education Research Group
Keywords:: Newton's Second Law, gravitational acceleration, incline, incline plane, kinematics, net force
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
Other Collections:: The Physics Source

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NSES Content Standards

Con.B: Physical Science

9-12: Motions & Forces

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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/precollege/items/detail.cfm?ID=6402">Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Block on Incline. 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_block_on_incline).

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

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Gladding, G. (2006, June 16). Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Block on Incline. Retrieved December 5, 2024, from University of llinois Physics Education Research Group: https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys111/ie/03/IE_block_on_incline

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Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Block on Incline. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, June 16, 2006. https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys111/ie/03/IE_block_on_incline (accessed 5 December 2024).

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Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Block on Incline. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, 2006. 16 June 2006. 5 Dec. 2024 <https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys111/ie/03/IE_block_on_incline>.

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