Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics
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Chapter 2, Problem 32P
A student drives a moped along a straight road as described by the velocity–time graph in Figure P2.32. Sketch this graph in the middle of a sheet of graph paper. (a) Directly above your graph, sketch a graph of the position versus time, aligning the time coordinates of the two graphs. (b) Sketch a graph of the acceleration versus time directly below the velocity–time graph, again aligning the time coordinates. On each graph, show the numerical values of x and ax for all points of inflection. (c) What is the acceleration at t = 6.00 s? (d) Find the position (relative to the starting point) at t = 6.00 s. (e) What is the moped’s final position at t = 9.00 s?
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