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Velocity and Acceleration Direction Matters!

Velocity You are in the mid-west visiting relatives when you turn on the radio and hear the tail end of a news story about a tornado sighting. The storm is moving at a speed of 60 km/h and has just left a town 10 km north of your location. Should you be worried? What other information would be helpful?

Velocity Unfortunately, you don’t have enough information. Knowing only the speed of the storm isn’t much help. Speed only describes how fast something is moving.

Velocity You also need to know the direction the storm is traveling. In other words, you need to know the velocity of the storm. Velocity describes both the speed and the direction of an object.

Velocity Picture two motorcycles racing down the highway at 100 km/h in the opposite direction. The speeds of the motorcycles are the same, but their directions are different because the motorcycles are not moving the same direction. Do the motorcycles have the same velocity?

Velocity and Acceleration You learned earlier that speed isn’t always constant. Like speed, velocity may also change. Unlike speed, the velocity of an object can change even if the speed of the object remains constant. In your team, come up with an example of an object that has changed it’s velocity but not it’s speed.

Acceleration For example, if a car goes around a curve in the road, its direction changes. Even if the speed remains the same, the velocity changes because the direction changes. Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity.

Acceleration Because velocity includes both speed and direction, if either one changes, velocity will change. In other words, acceleration can occur through a change in speed or a change in direction.

Acceleration If acceleration is in the same direction as velocity (like when you speed up in a car), then acceleration is positive. If they are in opposite directions (like when you slow down in a car), then acceleration is negative. g-motion-2d

Acceleration The amount of acceleration depends on both the change in velocity and the time interval. The time interval is the amount of time that passed while the change in velocity was taking place.

Acceleration The acceleration will be large if the change in velocity is large; it will also be large if the change in velocity occurs in a small time interval.

Calculating Acceleration To calculate average acceleration, divide the change in velocity by the time interval. To find the change in velocity subtract the initial velocity (starting velocity, Vi) from the final velocity, Vf. a = Vf – Vi = Vt

Units Be sure to include all of the proper units and algebraic signs when calculating acceleration. Velocity = meters per second (m/s) Time = seconds (s) Acceleration = meters/second/second = meters per second squared.

Calculating Acceleration You can see from the equation that acceleration will be positive if the object is speeding up and negative if it is slowing down. Be careful to correctly identify the initial velocity and final velocity. If you confuse them, the acceleration will have the wrong sign (positive or negative).

Example Problems A car’s velocity changes from 0 m/s to 30 m/s 10 seconds later. Calculate the car’s average acceleration.

Example Problems As a roller coaster starts down a hill, its speed is 10 m/s. Three seconds later, its speed is 32 m/s at the bottom of the hill. What is the roller coasters acceleration?

Example Problems A swimmer speeds up from 1.1 m/s to 1.3 m/s during the last 20 s of a race. What is the acceleration during this interval?