CH.3Motion in A Straight Line NOTES
CH.3Motion in A Straight Line NOTES
CH.3Motion in A Straight Line NOTES
Displacement:
The change in position is known as displacement.
Displacement = Final position –Initial position
6
40
X (m)
30 4
(m)
20
2
x
10
0 10 20 30 40 0 1 2 3 4
t (S) t (S)
6
Position(m)
4
0 1 2 3 4
Time (S)
-1
It is measured in ms
Average Speed:
-1
It is measured in ms
Q X-t graph for two children A and
B returning from their school O
P to their houses P and Q resp.
Choose the correct entries in the
bracket
X (m)
-2
It is measured in ms
Instantaneous acceleration:
The acceleration at an instant is defined as the limit of
average acceleration as the time interval becomes
infinitesimally small (Δt tends to zero)
The instantaneous
acceleration is also defined
as the rate of change of
velocity at that instant.
The instantaneous acceleration is the time
derivative of velocity.
The Position –time graph
x
x x
O t O O
t t
v v
v0
v0
O t O t
t t1 t2
O O
-v0
-v
-v
Velocity(km)/h
moving with constant velocity. 20
10 t
Area under Area of
Rectangle o
0 1 2 3 4 c
= Time (h)
graph OABC
= OA x OC
=vxt
Product of velocity and time is equal to
displacement.
Area under Velocity –Time graph is always equal
to the distance travelled by an object.
Kinematic equations of
E B
uniformly accelerated motion v
v = v0 +at
This is velocity-time
relation.
2. Position-time relation.
velocity
This is Position-time
relation.
3.Velocity-Position relation.
This is velocity-
Position relation.