This item is an annotated homework problem for beginning students on constant acceleration. Given an equation for the motion of a car traveling at constant acceleration on a straight road, students analyze how to graph and describe the motion. Explicit explanation is provided for each step.
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/introphys/items/detail.cfm?ID=6592">Maloney, David. David Maloney's Physics Examples: Kinematics Example 7-Car Moving at Constant Acceleration. August 3, 2007.</a>
D. Maloney, David Maloney's Physics Examples: Kinematics Example 7-Car Moving at Constant Acceleration, (2001), <https://users.pfw.edu/maloney/ex7.html>.
Maloney, D. (2007, August 3). David Maloney's Physics Examples: Kinematics Example 7-Car Moving at Constant Acceleration. Retrieved February 24, 2021, from https://users.pfw.edu/maloney/ex7.html
Maloney, David. David Maloney's Physics Examples: Kinematics Example 7-Car Moving at Constant Acceleration. August 3, 2007. https://users.pfw.edu/maloney/ex7.html (accessed 24 February 2021).
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