This item is an annotated homework problem for beginning students relating to constant velocity and acceleration. A person runs at 5 m/s to catch a bus accelerating from a stopped position 20 meters away. Given the rate of acceleration, students must determine whether the runner can catch up to the bus. This problem gives particular attention to the use of appropriate symbols to represent the quantities and help with diagramming the physical situation.
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/introphys/items/detail.cfm?ID=6594">Maloney, David P.. David Maloney's Physics Examples: Kinematics Example 9-Running After a Moving Bus. August 3, 2007.</a>
Maloney, D. (2007, August 3). David Maloney's Physics Examples: Kinematics Example 9-Running After a Moving Bus. Retrieved December 6, 2024, from https://users.pfw.edu/maloney/ex9.html
Maloney, David P.. David Maloney's Physics Examples: Kinematics Example 9-Running After a Moving Bus. August 3, 2007. https://users.pfw.edu/maloney/ex9.html (accessed 6 December 2024).
Maloney, David P.. David Maloney's Physics Examples: Kinematics Example 9-Running After a Moving Bus. 2001. 3 Aug. 2007. 6 Dec. 2024 <https://users.pfw.edu/maloney/ex9.html>.
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Number = {6 December 2024},
Month = {August 3, 2007},
Year = {2001}
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