written by
Gary Gladding
published by
the University of llinois Physics Education Research Group
This is an interactive homework problem for introductory physics students relating to mass and displacement. The problem gives the mass, initial velocity, coefficient of friction, and stopping distance of an empty truck traveling on a straight road. Students must determine the stopping distance if the truck were fully loaded, doubling its mass. A user-activated "help" sequence is provided for finding solutions within the framework of both the Work/Kinetic Energy Theorem and Newton's Second Law. To promote critical thinking, immediate feedback is received for both correct and incorrect responses.
This item is part of a larger collection of interactive homework problems for introductory physics.
<a href="https://www.compadre.org/introphys/items/detail.cfm?ID=6425">Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Truck. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, June 16, 2006.</a>
G. Gladding, (University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, Urbana, 2006), WWW Document, (https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys101/ie/06/397-1).
G. Gladding, Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Truck (University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, Urbana, 2006), <https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys101/ie/06/397-1>.
Gladding, G. (2006, June 16). Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Truck. Retrieved November 6, 2024, from University of llinois Physics Education Research Group: https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys101/ie/06/397-1
Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Truck. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, June 16, 2006. https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys101/ie/06/397-1 (accessed 6 November 2024).
Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Truck. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, 2006. 16 June 2006. 6 Nov. 2024 <https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys101/ie/06/397-1>.
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