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A particle moves along the π₯-axis in the direction of π₯ increasing. It starts at π₯ equals 37 centimetres with an initial velocity of 47 centimetres per second and moves with uniform acceleration of 51 centimetres per second squared in the same direction as its motion. Determine its velocity and its displacement from the origin after six seconds.
Well, this type of question is something that we that we call a π π’π£ππ‘ question or question that uses the π π’π£ππ‘ equations. But what do we mean by π π’π£ππ‘? Well, π π’π£ππ‘ relates the variables that weβre gonna be looking at, which are displacement, which is π ; initial velocity, π’; final velocity, π£; acceleration, π; and time, π‘. And see that equations that weβre gonna look at all relate to problems where we have a constant acceleration. So the acceleration does not change. There are, in fact, a variety of π π’π£ππ‘ equations. But the five that we tend to use are these five here. And we can find different ones at variations thereof. So we have π£ equals π’ plus ππ‘, π equals π’π‘ plus half ππ‘ squared, π equals a half multiplied by π’ plus π£ multiplied by π‘, π£ squared equals π’ squared plus two ππ , and π equals π£π‘ minus a half ππ‘ squared.
Now, the first thing we want to do and the first thing I ever did with this type of question is identify what my π , π’, π£, π, and π‘ are or whichever ones we can. Well, in our scenario, the π and the π£ we donβt know cause theyβre what weβre looking to find. Our initial velocity π’ is 47 because itβs 47 centimetres per second. Our acceleration is 51 because itβs 51 centimetres per second squared. And our π‘ is equal to six cause our time is six cause itβs six seconds. And itβs worth stating that I also checked our units so we could see that everything is in centimetres or seconds or centimetres per second, centimetres per second squared. So we donβt have to do anything with changing any of the units.
Well, first of all, what Iβm gonna do is Iβm gonna use equation one. And weβll use equation one to find out what π£, our final velocity, is. So if I multiply in our values, what we gonna get is π£ is equal to π’, which is 47, plus π, which is 51, multiplied by our π‘, which is six, which is gonna be equal to 47 plus 306, which is gonna give us a velocity of 353 centimetres per second. Great, so we found π£. So now, weβve got a choice of equations we could use to find out our π , so our displacement. The equation Iβm gonna use is, in fact, equation two. And Iβm gonna use this just because it doesnβt rely on a value weβve just found.
So if we use equation two what we gonna get is π is equal to π’π‘, which is 47 multiplied by six, plus a half ππ‘ squared, so a half multiplied by 51 multiplied by six squared. So if we calculate this, weβre gonna get 282 plus 918 which is gonna give us a final answer for the displacement of 1200 centimetres. Okay, great, so weβve found the velocity and weβve found the displacement. What we can do now is just quickly check the displacement because, as I said, you could have used another equation to do this. And what weβre gonna now use is use equation three, which does, in fact, use π£ our velocity cause itβs a good way of double-checking whether our π and our π£ are correct.
So if we use the third equation, weβre gonna have π is equal to a half multiplied by β β there we got 47 plus 353, then multiplied by six which is gonna give us 200 multiplied by six, which works out as 1200 centimetres, which confirms yes, weβre correct and our values for π and π£ are correct.