Applications to Kinematics
Applying differentiation to find velocity and acceleration from displacement-time functions.
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Applying differentiation to find velocity and acceleration from displacement-time functions.
Key Questions
- How is velocity related to displacement?
- What does the second derivative tell us about a moving particle?
- How do we interpret instantaneous rest?
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