Thursday, November 15, 2007

Velocity is Speed with Direction

In class we have looked at several scenarios dealing with acceleration and velocity. We have used the following formulas:

h = -10t^2 - 30t + 200 from Look Out Below
h = -16t^2 - 7.85t + 65 from HW22: Big Push
h = -16t^2 + 50t + 90 from HW23: Problem 2c

What is the significance of the sign of the velocity term? - 30? - 7.85? + 50?

Is the sign of the velocity term for our Ferris wheel problem always negative (- 7.85) as seen from HW22?

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

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