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How do you find the displacement and convert units given time, initial velocity, and acceleration in a motion problem?

How far will a scooter go in 10 seconds, if it starts out moving at 10 mph and accelerates at a rate of 5 m/s2?

Summary

  1. mph- miles per hour
  2. a- acceleration
  3. m- meters
  4. s- seconds
  5. t- time
  6. d- displacement

Notes

    1. Distance is not always equal to the length of the displacement vector!
    1. It's a good idea to write down the variables that you know in your problem
    1. vi- initial velocity
    2. mph- miles per hour
    3. a- acceleration
    4. m- meters, s- seconds
    5. t- time
    6. d- displacement
    1. Think about the variables in your problem and then figure out what equation contains those variables
    1. vi- initial velocity
    2. a- acceleration
    3. t- time
    4. d- displacement
    1. vi- initial velocity
    2. a- acceleration
    3. t- time
    4. d- displacement
    1. mph- miles per hour
    2. m/s- meters per second
    1. mph- miles per hour
    2. m/s- meters per second
    3. vi- initial velocity
    1. Last step, plug in the variables into the equation for displacement
    1. d- displacement
    2. m- meters
    3. s- seconds
    1. d- displacement
    2. m- meters
    1. d- displacement
    2. m- meters