The shapes of the position versus time graphs for these two basic types of motion…

The Meaning of Shape for a p-t Graph Our study of 1-dimensional kinematics has been…

Vector diagrams are diagrams that depict the direction and relative magnitude of a vector quantity by…

A common way of analyzing the motion of objects in physics labs is to perform a ticker tape…

Introduction to Diagrams Throughout The Physics Classroom Tutorial, there is a persistent appeal to your…

Since acceleration is a vector quantity, it has a direction associated with it. The direction of…

The average acceleration (a) of any object over a given interval of time (t) can…

Sometimes an accelerating object will change its velocity by the same amount each second. As…

The final mathematical quantity discussed in Lesson 1 is acceleration. An often confused quantity, acceleration…

Since a moving object often changes its speed during its motion, it is common to…