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    The document discusses the four equations of motion used to describe objects experiencing uniform acceleration. [1] It defines the variables of displacement (s), initial velocity (u), final velocity (v), acceleration (a), and time (t) along with their units. [2] It then derives and presents the four equations of motion in terms of these variables: v = u + at, s = (u + v)t/2, s = ut + (1/2)at^2, and v^2 = u^2 + 2as. [3] It notes that these equations can only be used to describe motion with uniform acceleration.

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    The document discusses the four equations of motion used to describe objects experiencing uniform acceleration. [1] It defines the variables of displacement (s), initial velocity (u), final velocity (v), acceleration (a), and time (t) along with their units. [2] It then derives and presents the four equations of motion in terms of these variables: v = u + at, s = (u + v)t/2, s = ut + (1/2)at^2, and v^2 = u^2 + 2as. [3] It notes that these equations can only be used to describe motion with uniform acceleration.

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    The document discusses the four equations of motion used to describe objects experiencing uniform acceleration. [1] It defines the variables of displacement (s), initial velocity (u), final velocity (v), acceleration (a), and time (t) along with their units. [2] It then derives and presents the four equations of motion in terms of these variables: v = u + at, s = (u + v)t/2, s = ut + (1/2)at^2, and v^2 = u^2 + 2as. [3] It notes that these equations can only be used to describe motion with uniform acceleration.

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    Equations of Motion

    To be able to use the four equations of motion


    To know the correct units to be used
    To be able to find the missing variable: s u v a or t

    Defining Symbols
    Before we look at the equations we need to assign letters to represent each variable
    Displacement =s m metres
    Initial Velocity =u m/s metres per second
    Final Velocity =v m/s metres per second
    2
    Acceleration =a m/s metres per second per second
    Time =t s seconds

    Equations of Motion
    Equation 1
    (v  u )
    If we start with the equation for acceleration a  we can rearrange this to give us an equation 1
    t
    at  (v  u)  at  u  v v  u  at

    Equation 2
    We start with the definition of velocity and rearrange for displacement
    velocity = displacement / time  displacement = velocity x time

    In situations like the graph to the right the velocity is constantly changing, we
    need to use the average velocity.
    displacement = average velocity x time
    (u  v)
    The average velocity is give by: average velocity =
    2
    We now substitute this into the equation above for displacement
    (u  v) (u  v)
    displacement = x time  s  t s  12 (u  v)t
    2 2

    Equation 3
    With Equations 1 and 2 we can derive an equation which eliminated v. To do this we simply substitute
    v  u  at into s  12 (u  v)t
    s  12 (u  (u  at ))t  s  12 (2u  at )t  s  12 (2ut  at 2 ) s  ut  12 at 2

    This can also be found if we remember that the area under a velocity-time graph represents the distance
    travelled/displacement. The area under the line equals the area of rectangle A + the area of triangle B.
    (v  u )
    Area = Displacement = s = ut  12 (v  u)t since a  then at  (v  u) so the equation becomes
    t
    s  ut  12 (at )t which then becomes equation 3

    Equation 4

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    (v  u )
    If we rearrange equation 1 into t  which we will then substitute into equation 2:
    a
    (v  u )
    s  12 (u  v)t  s  12 (u  v)  as  12 (u  v)(v  u) 
    a
    2as  (v  uv  uv  u )  2as  v 2  u 2
    2 2
    v 2  u 2  2as

    Any question can be solved as long as three of the variables are given in the question.
    Write down all the variables you have and the one you are asked to find, then see which equation you can use.
    These equations can only be used for motion with UNIFORM ACCELERATION.

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