Q: An Olympic high diving platform is situated 10 m above the surface of a pool. If a diver steps off the platform, how long does it take for her to hit the water? A: The only information provided is the 10 m distance between the diving platform and the pool’s surface. This necessitates useContinue reading “KINEMATICS: Free Fall Dynamics”
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KINEMATICS: The Speedboat Will Miss its Mark by What Distance?
A speedboat travels eastward at 80 knots (150 km/h) through a northward current of water moving 4.00m/s. Q1: What is the speedboat’s velocity vector relative to the starting port? What is the angle of travel? Q2: If the boat’s captain wanted the boat to travel due east without getting off course, how far off courseContinue reading “KINEMATICS: The Speedboat Will Miss its Mark by What Distance?”
KINEMATICS: A Leap of Faith
A man leaps off of a 12m building into a large, 4 meter tall vat of quicksand. The man leaves the roof with a horizontal velocity of 18.0 miles per hour. ( 1.000 mi/hr = 0.4470 m/s ). Q1: A robot on the ground believes that the man is going to miss his mark, andContinue reading “KINEMATICS: A Leap of Faith”
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