Chapter 2: Q15CQ (page 79)
Give an example in which velocity is zero yet acceleration is not.
Short Answer
Ball going up and coming down when the ball is at top velocity is zero, but acceleration is.
Chapter 2: Q15CQ (page 79)
Give an example in which velocity is zero yet acceleration is not.
Ball going up and coming down when the ball is at top velocity is zero, but acceleration is.
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Get started for freeAn object that is thrown straight up falls back to Earth. This is one-dimensional motion.
(a) When is its velocity zero?
(b) Does its velocity change direction?
(c) Does the acceleration due to gravity have the same sign on the way up as on the way down?
A basketball referee tosses the ball straight up for the starting tip-off. At what velocity must a basketball player leave the ground to rise above the floor in an attempt to get the ball?
a) Take the slope of the curve in Figure 2.64 to find the jogger’s velocity at t = 2.5 s. (b) Repeat at 7.5 s. These values must be consistent with the graph in Figure 2.65.
What is the acceleration of a rock thrown straight upward on the way up? At the top of its flight? On the way down?
(a) Sketch a graph of acceleration versus time corresponding to the graph of velocity versus time given in Figure 2.57.
(b) Identify the time or times ( ta, tb, tc , etc.) at which the acceleration is greatest.
(c) At which times is it zero?
(d) At which times is it negative?
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