HW for Wednesday, 9/13

Physics – Graphing Homework
Please work on this in your notebook – it will not be collected.

1.  Graph the following data as a distance/position (y-axis) vs. time (x-axis) graph.  This is data that represents the motion of a toy car moving in a straight line. 

Use any computer program you wish to use (Excel, Google, etc.):

t(s)                   d(m)

0                      1.5
0.5                   1.8
1.0                   2.1
1.5                   2.4
2.0                   2.7
2.5                   3.1
3.0                   3.3
3.5                   3.5
4.0                   3.9

What can you say about the motion of this toy car?

Have the computer determine the slope of the line.

What does the slope represent?

2.  Now graph this set of data for a different vehicle:

t(s)                   d(m)

0                      0
1                      2
2                      8
3                      18
4                      32
5                      50
6                      72

What can you say about this object?


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