Hi:) what does the one highlighted in pink mean?
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Answer:
The acceleration of the car at the instant when t=3s is found by taking the gradient of the tangent at the point t=3.
The tangent are those dotted lines sloping upwards in the graph.
Tangent: A straight line that touches the curve and does not intersect it.
The reason why they wrote instantaneous is because the acceleration (or gradient of graph) is not constant throughout hence it is just at the moment when t=3s.
Gradient is used to find the acceleration of a speed time graph.
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Answer:
a) 10.51 J
b) 3.48 m/s
Explanation:
Given data :
mass of train ( M ) = 2.2 kg
Given initial velocity ( u ) = 1.6 m/s
<u>a) calculating work done by the force over the journey of the train</u>
F = mx + b ------ ( 1 )
m = slope = ( Δ f / Δ x ) = 2.8 / -7.5 = - 0.373 N/m
x = distance travelled on the x axis by the train = 7.5 m
F = force experienced by the train = 2.8 N
x = 0
∴ b = 2.8
hence equation 1 can be written as
F = ( -0.373) x + 2.8 ----- ( 2 )
hence to determine the work done by the force
W = Note: the limits are actually 7.5 and 0
∴ W ( work done ) = -10.49 + 21 = 10.51 J
<u>b) calculate the speed of the train at the end of its journey</u>
we will apply the work energy theorem
W = 1/2 m*v^2 - 1/2 m*u^2
∴ V^2 = 2 / M ( W + 1/2 M*u^2 ) ( input values into equation )
V^2 = 12.11
hence V = 3.48 m/s