Free Falling Presentation
For the free falling presentation my group consisted of myself and Benjamin Ayala doing a series of questions that were offered to us by Mr.Miller. Originally we were going to do all of them but in the end we decided to do a selective few to demonstrate our knowledge and capabilities thoroughly.
The first question that we presented in our presentation was, “for a free-falling object, how can you find the distance an object has fallen.” If you observe the table below we can answer this question.
The first question that we presented in our presentation was, “for a free-falling object, how can you find the distance an object has fallen.” If you observe the table below we can answer this question.
The first fact that should always be present while doing a question like this is to know that for every second 10 meters is increasing. Observing the table, at 1 second the instantaneous velocity is at 10 meters. At 2 seconds it is 20 meters and so on and so for. The answer to the question is for every second you add 10 meters because it is what gravity pulls from the object at each second. After finding out the instantaneous velocity you can figure out the average velocity and after that the certain distance it would take to reach your required goal. The reason why Benjamin and I chose this question is because it is a good introduction to the concept of free falling. This question was the first step everyone had to go through in order to reach their answers in the end which is why Benjamin and I decided to start our presentation with this.
The next question that Benjamin and I presented was, "how does introducing an initial velocity affect an object in free-fall?".
The next question that Benjamin and I presented was, "how does introducing an initial velocity affect an object in free-fall?".
From observing the 2 graphs above it can be shown that introducing an initial velocity just changes the line to move upwards. The first graph has an initial velocity of 10 meters per second while the second graph has an initial velocity of 14 seconds. The first graph starts at 0 and increases 10 meters each second while the second graph starts at 14 and increases 10 meters after that. Once again, introducing the initial velocity only affects the object in free fall with where it starts and where it goes after. The reason why Benjamin and I decided to answer this question as well is because it is interesting to compare both graphs from different problems and realize how closely similar they are to one another but different as well.
Throughout this mini project there was some confusion but in the end I feel like a grasped this concept of physics and pre-calculus fairly well. Below is a link to our power point. Thank you and Enjoy!
https://docs.google.com/a/snths.org/presentation/d/1Lrd-EPX7qrZV1B1x7gf773MrnQABVHXkeoUNbPHutzk/edit#slide=id.g14305cda_027
Throughout this mini project there was some confusion but in the end I feel like a grasped this concept of physics and pre-calculus fairly well. Below is a link to our power point. Thank you and Enjoy!
https://docs.google.com/a/snths.org/presentation/d/1Lrd-EPX7qrZV1B1x7gf773MrnQABVHXkeoUNbPHutzk/edit#slide=id.g14305cda_027