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Name: Motion Equations for Constant Acceleration in One Dimension
ID: m42099
Language: English (en)
Summary:
  • Calculate displacement of an object that is not accelerating, given initial position and velocity.
  • Calculate final velocity of an accelerating object, given initial velocity, acceleration, and time.
  • Calculate displacement and final position of an accelerating object, given initial position, initial velocity, time, and acceleration.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: Acceleration, Displacement, Kinematic equations, Motion, Velocity
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0
Authors: OpenStax College (info@openstaxcollege.org)
Copyright Holders: Rice University (daniel@openstaxcollege.org)
Maintainers: OpenStax College (info@openstaxcollege.org), OSC Physics Maintainer (info@openstaxcollege.org)
Latest version: 1.4 (history)
First publication date: Dec 21, 2011 11:16 am -0600
Last revision to module: May 16, 2013 3:05 pm -0500

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Version History

Version: 1.4 May 16, 2013 3:05 pm -0500 by OSC Physics Maintainer
Changes: 
fixed erratum
Version: 1.3 Jun 20, 2012 9:38 am -0500 by OSC Physics Maintainer
Changes: 
post W&N QA
Version: 1.2 Jun 13, 2012 4:01 pm -0500 by OSC Physics Maintainer
Changes: 
initial content publication
Version: 1.1 Dec 22, 2011 10:07 am -0600 by Collins Williamson
Changes: 
Created module

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