Physics 101- Introduction to Mechanics
January 28- Acceleration & Free Fall

 

 

  

 
 

 

   Let's continue to assume that we are only dealing with constant acceleration (so the average acceleration is the same as the instantaneous acceleration).  Here we have : a= Dv/ Dt = (vf - vi) / t
 

This can be rearranged to get:

vf= vi + a Dt


Let's use this and our other equations to find other convenient combinations between the variables.
 
 
 

 
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Jeff Phillips
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Spring 2002