Set 2: 1D kinematics. 

Uniformly increasing velocity. 

> restart; v1:=1.8*m/s; t1:=0; v2:=5.6*m/s; t2:=8*s; a:=(v2-v1)/(t2-t1);
 

 

 

 

 

`+`(`/`(`*`(1.8, `*`(m)), `*`(s)))
0
`+`(`/`(`*`(5.6, `*`(m)), `*`(s)))
`+`(`*`(8, `*`(s)))
`+`(`/`(`*`(.4750000000, `*`(m)), `*`(`^`(s, 2)))) (1)
 

> t0:=1.0*s; t:=7.1*s; dt:=(t-t0); v0:=v1+a*(t0-t1); x:=v0*dt+a*dt**2/2;
 

 

 

 

 

`+`(`*`(1.0, `*`(s)))
`+`(`*`(7.1, `*`(s)))
`+`(`*`(6.1, `*`(s)))
`+`(`/`(`*`(2.275000000, `*`(m)), `*`(s)))
`+`(`*`(22.71487500, `*`(m))) (2)
 

Acceleration (small plane); 

> restart; t:=21.0*s; v:=51.8*m/s; a:=v/t; g:=9.81*m/s^2: ag:=a/g; x:=a*t**2/2;
 

 

 

 

 

`+`(`*`(21.0, `*`(s)))
`+`(`/`(`*`(51.8, `*`(m)), `*`(s)))
`+`(`/`(`*`(2.466666667, `*`(m)), `*`(`^`(s, 2))))
.2514441047
`+`(`*`(543.9000000, `*`(m))) (3)
 

Free fall: t. 

> v0:=27.0*m/s; t:=2*v0/g;
 

 

`+`(`/`(`*`(27.0, `*`(m)), `*`(s)))
`+`(`*`(5.504587156, `*`(s))) (4)
 

Greatest height xmax: 

> tmax:=v0/g; xmax=v0*tmax-g*tmax**2/2;
 

 

`+`(`*`(2.752293578, `*`(s)))
xmax = `+`(`*`(37.15596331, `*`(m))) (5)
 

Time at first half-velocity: 

> t:=v0/(2*g);
 

`+`(`*`(1.376146789, `*`(s))) (6)
 

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