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    1) The document is a lab assignment for a biomechanics course that involves analyzing a video of a student running. It instructs the student to measure stride lengths and velocities and calculate acceleration. 2) The student shows their work for calculating average velocity and acceleration between different foot strikes in the running video. They also calculate total distance and displacement traveled. 3) The second part of the lab asks the student to solve additional problems involving distance, displacement, velocity, and acceleration calculations for running, driving, and walking scenarios. The student shows their work and solutions with units for each problem.

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    1) The document is a lab assignment for a biomechanics course that involves analyzing a video of a student running. It instructs the student to measure stride lengths and velocities and calculate acceleration. 2) The student shows their work for calculating average velocity and acceleration between different foot strikes in the running video. They also calculate total distance and displacement traveled. 3) The second part of the lab asks the student to solve additional problems involving distance, displacement, velocity, and acceleration calculations for running, driving, and walking scenarios. The student shows their work and solutions with units for each problem.

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    1) The document is a lab assignment for a biomechanics course that involves analyzing a video of a student running. It instructs the student to measure stride lengths and velocities and calculate acceleration. 2) The student shows their work for calculating average velocity and acceleration between different foot strikes in the running video. They also calculate total distance and displacement traveled. 3) The second part of the lab asks the student to solve additional problems involving distance, displacement, velocity, and acceleration calculations for running, driving, and walking scenarios. The student shows their work and solutions with units for each problem.

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    1) The document is a lab assignment for a biomechanics course that involves analyzing a video of a student running. It instructs the student to measure stride lengths and velocities and calculate acceleration. 2) The student shows their work for calculating average velocity and acceleration between different foot strikes in the running video. They also calculate total distance and displacement traveled. 3) The second part of the lab asks the student to solve additional problems involving distance, displacement, velocity, and acceleration calculations for running, driving, and walking scenarios. The student shows their work and solutions with units for each problem.

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    Lab time: _______________________________ Name: John Coppola _______________________

    EXS 387 - Biomechanics

    Lab #4 – Walk/Run Analysis

    PART I
    1. Download “Running Video for Part 1” video from Blackboard by right-clicking the hyperlink below
    the video and selecting “Save Link As.” Copy the video into the Analyzer.

    2. Use the distance tool to measure the distance between the 1st and 2nd tennis ball and set the reference
    to 2.5 meters.

    3. Advance the video and create a still shot and add a marker at first right foot strike.

    4. Insert a clock and set it to zero at the point of first right foot contact.

    5. Create a still shot and insert a marker at the site of the second right foot strike.

    6. Advance to the third right foot strike create another still shot and insert a marker at that point.

    7. Use the distance tool to measure stride length. (Measure from 1st to 2nd and 2nd to 3rd right foot
    strikes)

    8. Use time and distance from 1st to 2nd, and 2nd to 3rd right foot strikes to calculate average
    velocity and acceleration. Calculations are to be done on a separate sheet of paper (or below)
    and ALL VALUES MUST BE LABELED WITH CORRECT UNITS. Insert calculated average
    velocity and acceleration values into a text box on the Analyzer video window.

    Please Show work:

    1st to 2nd: 3.34 meters, .7 seconds

    2nd to 3rd: 3.21 meters, .73 seconds

    Total distance/time traveled: 6.55 meters, 1.43 seconds

    Velocity = displacement/time

    Velocity = 3.34m/.7s Velocity = 3.21m/.73s

    Velocity = 4.7m/s Velocity = 4.4m/s

    Acceleration = Change in Velocity/time

    Acceleration = (4.7 - 4.4)/1.43

    Acceleration = .3/1.43

    Acceleration = .21 m/s^2


    Lab time: _______________________________ Name: John Coppola _______________________

    EXS 387 - Biomechanics

    Lab #4 – Walk/Run Analysis

    PART II

    Complete the following questions below. SHOW WORK and UNITS:

    1) Solve for:

    a) Total Distance Traveled

    b) Displacement

    5m

    12m

    a) Distance = 5m + 12m

    Distance = 17 meters

    b) Displacement = a^2 + b^2 = c^2

    Displacement = 5^2 + 12^2 = c^2

    Displacement = 25 + 144 = c^2

    169 = c^2…..Square root of 169 is 13m = Displacement


    Lab time: _______________________________ Name: John Coppola _______________________

    EXS 387 - Biomechanics

    Lab #4 – Walk/Run Analysis

    2) Cabel runs a lightning fast XC race! He covers an 8km course in


    26minutes. What would his average velocity be in meters/second?

    Round to the nearest tenths place.

    8km = 8000m

    26 minutes = 1560 seconds

    V = 8000m / 1560s

    V = 5.13 m/s

    3) A car is speeding through a school zone at 20m/s. A cop sees the


    dangerous driver and attempts to pull him over. It takes the driver 4
    seconds to notice the police officer and slow down to 10m/s. However,
    the driver thinks he can lose the officer and speeds back up to 20m/s in 5
    seconds.

    a) What is the driver’s first acceleration?

    Vi = 20 m/s

    Vf = 10 m/s

    T = 4 seconds

    (10m/s - 20m/s) / 4s = -2.5m/s^2


    Lab time: _______________________________ Name: John Coppola _______________________

    EXS 387 - Biomechanics

    Lab #4 – Walk/Run Analysis

    b) What is the driver’s second acceleration?


    Vi = 10m/s

    Vf = 20m/s

    T = 5s

    (20m/s - 10m/s) / 5s = 2m/s^2

    c) Which is greater in MAGNITUDE? Explain

    -The acceleration that is greater in magnitude is the first acceleration


    because it has a higher value away from zero.

    4) A train covers 60 miles between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. How fast was it going
    at 3 p.m.?

    V = d/t

    V = 60mi / 2hrs

    V = 30 mph
    Lab time: _______________________________ Name: John Coppola _______________________

    EXS 387 - Biomechanics

    Lab #4 – Walk/Run Analysis

    5) I went for a walk one day. I walked north 6.0 km at 6.0 km/h and then
    west 10 km at 5.0 km/hr. Determine…

    a) the total distance of the entire trip

    D = 6km + 10km

    D = 16km

    b) the total displacement of the entire trip

    Displacement = a^2 + b^2 = c^2

    6^2 + 10^2 = c^2

    36 + 100 = c^2

    136 = c^2

    Square root of 136 = 11.7km

    Displacement = 11.7km

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