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LECTURE ONE: KINEMATICS
(20/02/2015: A study into the motion of particles)

BRIEF SUMMARY
(Not a replacement for notes, take your notes guys)
A position is defined by a magnitude, direction, and origin.
You can define the origin wherever you want.
Velocity is defined as the change in position over time.
Acceleration is defined as the change in velocity over time.
We can split a vector into its components.
Splitting is useful if we only care about one component.
Gravity near the surface of earth creates an acceleration
downwards of 9.8 metres per second squared.

PROBLEMS
(Try to get most of these done. Any problems, ask.)

1) James Bond starts at the flag pole of the c) Which rock is faster at the bottom of the
quadrangle, and starts running north at 5 cliff, Jacks rock or Jills rock?
metres per second. At about ten seconds 4) Baopu is at an ice rink, and hits a puck
into his run, he completely stops, and as shown in the picture, across the ice.
jumps vertically into the air. Draw one or
multiple position-time graphs to represent
this information.

2)

a) Assume that theta is 90 degrees initially.

The above is a velocity (north) against time
graph. It represents the motion of a chicken
in flight. How far has the chicken flown in 1
second? In two? And in 3 seconds?
3) Jack and Jill climb up a hill, only to
realise that the other side of the hill is a 50
metre high cliff. Being very mischievous,
they decide to drop some objects, and play
around.
a) Jill drops a rock off the edge. How long
does a rock of mass 1kg take to get to the
bottom of the cliff?
b) Jack throws the rock directly upwards
with 10 metres per second velocity. How
long does it take to finally land at the
bottom?
Baopu hits the puck with an initial velocity
of u metres per second. How long does it
take to hit the other end of the rink?
b) Now, derive an expression for the time it
takes the puck to hit the other side in terms
of theta.
5) Usain Bolt is a very fast runner. When he
starts to run, he has a constant
acceleration of 1 m/(s^2) for ten seconds.
He then stops accelerating, and maintains a
constant velocity.
a) How far has he travelled by the time he
stops accelerating?
b) How fast can he complete a 100 metre
race, how about a 1 kilometre long race?
c) Usain bolt sweats a lot when he runs.
Each drop of sweat on his face has a
velocity of 53 cm/second downwards
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relative to his skin. At seven seconds after
starting the race, what is his sweats
relative velocity compared to the ground?
 CHALLENGE PROBLEMS
(These should be a challenge. If you need help, Ill give you a hint, and if that doesnt work Ill
explain it to the class)

Challenge number 1: Proving projectile motion.

Projectile motion can be derived from everything I have taught today. What projectile motion
means is when a body is under the influence of GRAVITY ALONE. But this happens all the time,
for instance when I drop my pen, when I jump into the air, all are cases of projectile motion.
Combining the use of splitting vectors into their components, and algebra, we can find
numerous interesting equations.
-The projectile in this question is projected up at an initial velocity of u metres per second, and
at an angle theta from the horizontal.

a) Assuming that the ground is even and flat, derive an expression for how long the projectile
stays up in the air.
b) Find the projectiles maximum height.
c) Find the projectiles maximum range (ie its change in displacement after coming back to
earth.)
^This is all you need to know how to do for projectile motion, the rest are just rearrangements
of the same problems.

Pok stands at the edge of a cliff. The cliff is 100 metres high. There is a tank, initially 50
metres away from the base of the cliff, that is moving to the right with constant velocity of 10
metres per second. How fast must Pok throw a book of mass 1 kg if the book is to hit the tank.
(the book is purple)

DEEP QUOTE OF THE WEEK: A fork is but four knives stuck together.