David Maloney's Physics Examples: Kinematics Example 6-Uniform Acceleration

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This item is an annotated homework problem relating to uniform acceleration. The author provides two strategies for determining distance traveled by an accelerating helicopter when given initial speed, rate of acceleration, and time elapsed. The problem is appropriate for non-science majors with little or no background in physics.

See Related Materials on this page for a link to the full collection of introductory physics problems by the author.

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Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Classical Mechanics - Motion in One Dimension = Acceleration = Position & Displacement = Velocity	- Lower Undergraduate - High School	- Instructional Material = Problem/Problem Set = Tutorial

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Keywords:: acceleration, homework examples, homework problems, kinematics, physics problems, position, uniform acceleration, velocity
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created February 21, 2008 by Alea Smith
Record Updated:: August 10, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: August 3, 2007

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