A truck moves 70 m east, then moves 120 m west, andfinally
1 answer:
Answer:
40m (40m east)
Explanation:
The fist move is 70m east, and east is the positive direction so the truck initially is at +70m.
The second move is 120m to the west, since east is the positive direction, west must be the negative direction, this means the truck now is at:
The third move is 90m to the east, again, this is the positive direction, so the new position is:
The truck is at + 40m, so it ended up 40m away from its initial position and this is the resultant dispacement.
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C. The downward component of the projectile's velocity continually increases
Explanation:
The motion of a projectile consists of two independent motions:
- A uniform motion (with constant velocity) along the horizontal direction
- A uniformly accelerated motion, with constant acceleration (equal to the acceleration of gravity) in the downward direction
Here we want to study the downward component of the projectile's velocity. Since the vertical motion is a uniformly accelerated motion, the vertical velocity is given by:
where
u = 0 is the initial vertical velocity (zero since the projectile is fired horizontally)
downward is the acceleration of gravity
t is the time
So the equation becomes
This means that
C. The downward component of the projectile's velocity continually increases
Because every second, it increases by in the downward direction.
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