Motion+Graphing

"Learn from science that you must doubt the experts ... Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts." - Richard Feynman

"The public sees science as some monolithic edifice of unbending rules and beliefs, and - thanks to the media's portrayal of scientists as uptight nerds in white coats - sees scientists as stodgy old artery-hardened defenders of the status quo. In truth, science is a much more flexible thing. Science is not about status quo. It's about revolution." - Leon Lederman, __The God Particle__.

Look over the following graphs and example problems: Figure 2.2 on page 24, Figure 2.5 on page 28, Example problem 2.2 on page 29, Figure 2.9 on page 31, Example 2.3 on page 32, and all of section 2.4. Try Quick Quizes 2.3, 2.4, and 2.5. The answers are in the back.

This video shows how you can use the area under a velocity vs time graph and the slope of the graph to solve for distance and acceleration.

http://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics/v/why-distance-is-area-under-velocity-time-line

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