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CHAPTER 3

MOTION IN ONE DIMENSION


(Motion Along a Straight Line)
Goals for Chapter 3

• To describe straight-line motion in terms of velocity and


acceleration

• To distinguish between average and instantaneous velocity


and average and instantaneous acceleration

• To understand straight-line motion with constant


acceleration

• To examine freely falling bodies


Displacement, time, and average velocity
• A particle moving along the x-axis has a coordinate x.
• The change in the particle’s coordinate is x = x2  x1.
• The average velocity of the particle is vav-x = x/t.
Motion with constant acceleration

• For a particle with


constant acceleration,
the velocity changes at
the same rate
throughout the
motion.
When an acceleration is constant in any straight-line motion we can
apply following four equations.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)
Example:
A car moving along the x-axis starts from the position 𝑥𝑖 = 2𝑚 when
𝑡𝑖 = 0 and stops at 𝑥𝑓 = −3𝑚 when 𝑡𝑓 = 2 𝑠. Find the displacement and
the average velocity.

Solution:
The car’s displacement is given by:

The average velocity is then given by:


Example:
The position of a particle moving along the x-axis varies with time t according to
the relation 𝑥 = 𝑡 3 − 12 𝑡 + 20, where x is given in meters and t in seconds.
(a) Find the velocity and the acceleration of the particle as a function of time. (b)
At what time particle is at rest? (c) What is the particle’s velocity when its
acceleration is 18 𝑚/𝑠 2 .
Solution:
(a) the velocity v as a function of time t,

the acceleration 𝑎 as a function of time t,

(b) Setting v = 0 in the velocity relation yields:

𝑡 =2𝑠
(c) Since 𝑎 = 6𝑡 = 18 𝑚/𝑠 2 then 𝑡 = 3 𝑠

𝑣 = 3𝑡 2 − 12 = 3 × 32 − 12 = 15𝑚/𝑠

Example:
A car accelerates uniformly from rest to a speed of 100 km/h in 18 s.
(a) Find the acceleration of the car. (b) Find the distance that the car
travels. (c) After reaching 100 km/h , if the car brakes to a full stop over
a distance of 100 m, then find its uniform deceleration.
Solution:

(a)
(b)

(c)
Example:
Solution:

(a) Position at t=2 s

1
𝑥 − 5 = 15 × 2 + × 4 × 22 ⟹ 𝑥 = 43 𝑚
2

Velocity at t=2 s

1
43 − 5 = 15 + 𝑣 × 2; 𝑣 = 23 𝑚/𝑠
2
(b)

25 = 15 + 4 𝑡 ⟹ 𝑡 = 2.5 𝑠

1
𝑥−5= 15 + 25 × 2.5 ⟹ 𝑥 = 55 𝑚
2
Freely falling bodies

• Free fall is the motion of


an object under the
influence of only gravity.

• The velocity change is


the same in each time
interval, so the
acceleration is constant.
Use the kinematic equations with 𝑎𝑦 = −𝑔 = −9.80 𝑚/𝑠 2

|𝒂| = 𝒈 = 𝟗. 𝟖 𝒎/𝒔𝟐
Equations for free-fall motion with constant acceleration
Example:
A ball is dropped from a tall building, as shown in figure. Find the following
for the ball’s motion: (a) its acceleration, (b) the distance it falls in 2 s, (c)
its speed after falling 15 m, (d) the time it takes to fall 25 m, and (e) the
time it takes to reach a velocity of 29.4 m/s.

Solution:

(a) Since the ball is falling down: 𝑎 = 𝑔 = 9.8 𝑚/𝑠 2

(b)
(c)

𝑣 = 17.2 𝑚/𝑠

(d)

(e)
Example:
A boy throws a ball upwards, giving it an initial speed of 15 m/s.
Neglect air resistance. (a) How long does the ball take to return
to the boy’s hand? (b) What will be its velocity then?

Solution:

(a)

(b)

We should select the negative sign, because the ball is moving downward just
before returning to the boy’s hand, i.e. 𝑣 = −15 𝑚/𝑠.

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