PHYSICS 1A03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Free Fall, Quadratic Equation

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Physics
• Course: PHYSICS 1A03
• Professor: Christine Wilson

Document Summary

Develop the skill of making an estimate and performing an order of magnitude" approximations. Learning objectives taking into note the description of motion and shape & their well de ned quantities. Visually represent motion by translating our spatial observations into a graph (quantitaive picture) extract info from graphs using kinematic de nitions de ne a model for one dimensional motion of an object that experiences a constant acceleration. !1 extending the aforementioned model to two dimensional motion to see how the vector nature of the kinematic quantities can be used with the kinematic equations. The magnitude of the displacement is either smaller than or equal to the distance. Speed (avg) = d / delta time. V = delta x / delta time. The slope of a position time graph gives the velocity. Average velocity: v (avg) = delta x / delta time. Instantaneous velocity: v (inst) = slope of tangent (dx / dt) [derivative]