Speed at Two Seconds
Q. A particle's position is r = 3.0t îm, m/s, m/s² − 2.0t² ĵm/s, m/s² + 4.0 k̂ metres, with t in seconds. How fast is it moving at t = 2.0 ss, in m/s?
Inputs
Outputs
speed?
How it's solved
Solved with MotionInAPlane
Given
- s
- m from “3.0t î”
- m/s from “3.0t î”
- m/s² from “3.0t î”
- m/s from “− 2.0t² ĵ”
- m/s² from “− 2.0t² ĵ”
Find .
Working
- velocity after a time(flying, x)
- m/s
- velocity after a time(flying, y)
- m/s
- magnitude from components(velocity of particle at end of flying from ground)
- m/sto 3 significant figures
Conclusion
The constant part of the position never moves the particle; only the parts that change with time give it a velocity.
The web of concepts
given read from the words equation asked
The Ruby that solves it
The question and its solution are small Ruby files. The engine runs them.
1require_relative "../physics"23question :speed_at_two_seconds do4 kind :numerical5 describes "A particle's position is r = 3.0t î − 2.0t² ĵ + 4.0 k̂ metres, with t in seconds. %{speed} at t = %{t}, in m/s?"6 given t: "2.0 s"7 asks speed: "How fast is it moving"8end1require_relative "../questions/speed_at_two_seconds"2require_relative "../science/motion_in_a_plane/motion_in_a_plane"34solve :speed_at_two_seconds, using: MotionInAPlane do5 objects :particle6 axes :x, :y7 particle.goes(:flying)8 take t: flying.time_taken9 deduce_from "3.0t î", particle.initial_position(along: x) => "0 m", particle.initial_velocity(along: x) => "3.0 m/s",10 particle.acceleration(along: x) => "0 m/s2"11 deduce_from "− 2.0t² ĵ", particle.initial_velocity(along: y) => "0 m/s", particle.acceleration(along: y) => "-4.0 m/s2"12 speed = particle.final_speed13 answer speed:, in: "m/s", figures: 314 conclusion "The constant part of the position never moves the particle; only the parts that " \15 "change with time give it a velocity."16endplayground.rb
1require_relative "../solutions/speed_at_two_seconds"23play_with :speed_at_two_seconds do4 title "Speed at Two Seconds"5endThe laws it drew on
| quantity | written | units | within | from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| volume | — | — | Vectors | |
| mass | — | — | Vectors | |
| speed | — | — | Vectors | |
| density | — | — | Vectors | |
| number of moles | — | — | Vectors | |
| angular frequency | — | — | Vectors | |
| work | — | — | Vectors | |
| current | — | — | Vectors | |
| temperature | — | — | Vectors | |
| pressure | — | — | Vectors | |
| time | s | 0 … 1e+05 | Vectors | |
| power | — | — | Vectors | |
| total path length | — | — | Vectors | |
| energy | — | — | Vectors | |
| gravitational potential | — | — | Vectors | |
| coefficient of friction | — | — | Vectors | |
| charge | — | — | Vectors | |
| acceleration | m/s² | — | Vectors | |
| velocity | m/s | — | Vectors | |
| displacement | m | — | Vectors | |
| angular velocity | — | — | Vectors | |
| force | — | — | Vectors | |
| angular momentum | — | — | Vectors | |
| linear momentum | — | — | Vectors | |
| electric field | — | — | Vectors | |
| average velocity | m/s | — | Vectors | |
| magnetic moment | — | — | Vectors | |
| relative velocity | — | — | Vectors | |
| impulse | — | — | Vectors | |
| first vector | — | 0 … ∞ | Vectors | |
| second vector | — | 0 … ∞ | Vectors | |
| angle between | — | 0 … 3.142 | Vectors | |
| resultant | — | 0 … ∞ | Vectors | |
| resultant direction | — | 0 … 3.142 | Vectors | |
| direction | — | -3.142 … 3.142 | Vectors | |
| x component | — | — | Vectors | |
| y component | — | — | Vectors | |
| position | m | — | Velocity | |
| path length | m | — | Velocity | |
| time taken | s | 0 … 1e+05 | Velocity | |
| average speed | m/s | — | Velocity | |
| starting position | m | — | Velocity | |
| final position | m | — | Velocity | |
| change of velocity | m/s | — | Acceleration | |
| average acceleration | m/s² | — | Acceleration | |
| starting velocity | m/s | — | Acceleration | |
| final velocity | m/s | — | Acceleration | |
| gravity | m/s² | — | UniformAcceleration | |
| displacement of particle during flying along x | m | — | ||
| position of particle at end of flying along x | m | — | ||
| position of particle at start of flying along x | m | — | ||
| displacement of particle during flying along y | m | — | ||
| position of particle at end of flying along y | m | — | ||
| position of particle at start of flying along y | m | — | ||
| average velocity of particle during flying along x | m/s | — | ||
| time taken of flying | s | 0 … 1e+05 | ||
| average velocity of particle during flying along y | m/s | — | ||
| average speed of particle during flying | m/s | — | ||
| path length of particle during flying | m | — | ||
| change of velocity of particle during flying along x | m/s | — | ||
| velocity of particle at end of flying from ground along x | m/s | — | ||
| velocity of particle at start of flying from ground along x | m/s | — | ||
| change of velocity of particle during flying along y | m/s | — | ||
| velocity of particle at end of flying from ground along y | m/s | — | ||
| velocity of particle at start of flying from ground along y | m/s | — | ||
| average acceleration of particle during flying along x | m/s² | — | ||
| average acceleration of particle during flying along y | m/s² | — | ||
| acceleration of particle during flying along x | m/s² | — | ||
| acceleration of particle during flying along y | m/s² | — | ||
| velocity of ground at start of flying from ground along x | m/s | — | ||
| velocity of ground at start of flying from ground | m/s | — | ||
| direction of ground at start of flying from ground | — | -3.142 … 3.142 | ||
| velocity of ground at start of flying from ground along y | m/s | — | ||
| velocity of ground at end of flying from ground along x | m/s | — | ||
| velocity of ground at end of flying from ground | m/s | — | ||
| direction of ground at end of flying from ground | — | -3.142 … 3.142 | ||
| velocity of ground at end of flying from ground along y | m/s | — | ||
| velocity of particle at start of flying from ground | m/s | — | ||
| direction of particle at start of flying from ground | — | -3.142 … 3.142 | ||
| velocity of particle at end of flying from ground | m/s | — | ||
| direction of particle at end of flying from ground | — | -3.142 … 3.142 | ||
| displacement of particle during flying | m | — | ||
| position of particle at end of flying | m | — | ||
| position of particle at start of flying | m | — | ||
| average velocity of particle during flying | m/s | — | ||
| change of velocity of particle during flying | m/s | — | ||
| average acceleration of particle during flying | m/s² | — | ||
| acceleration of particle during flying | m/s² | — |