Chapter 2 - Motion in One Dimension

Main Table of Contents

  0: Introduction
  1: Position
  2: Displacement
  3: Velocity
  4: Average velocity
  5: Instantaneous velocity
  6: Position-time graph and velocity
  7: Interactive problem: draw a position-time graph
  8: Interactive problem: match a graph using velocity
  9: Velocity graph and displacement
10: Acceleration
11: Average acceleration
12: Instantaneous acceleration
13: Interactive problem: tortoise and hare scandal
14: Sample problem: velocity and acceleration
15: Interactive checkpoint: subway train
16: Interactive problem: what's wrong with the rabbits?
17: Derivation: creating new equations
18: Motion equations for constant acceleration
19: Sample problem: a sprinter
20: Sample problem: initial and final velocity
21: Interactive checkpoint: passenger jet
22: Interactive problem: tortoise and hare meet again
23: Free-fall acceleration
24: Sample problem: free fall
25: Interactive problem: soccer on the Moon
26: Interactive checkpoint: penny drop
27: Spreadsheet: modeling air resistance optional
28: Interactive derivation: slamming on the brakes
29: Interactive problem: shuffleboard
30: Gotchas
31: Summary

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