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"Gaitway" To Acceleration Summative Assessment: Name: JOHN KARL CABILES Date: 12/11/20 Class: 12 Maritime

This document contains a student's answers to questions on a summative assessment about acceleration. 1. The student defines acceleration as the rate of change of velocity over time, and velocity as the rate of change of position over time. 2. Acceleration can be calculated by taking the slope of the velocity vs. time graph, and velocity can be calculated by taking the slope of the position vs. time graph. 3. Position can be calculated by taking the area under the velocity vs. time graph, and velocity can be calculated by taking the area under the acceleration vs. time graph.

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"Gaitway" To Acceleration Summative Assessment: Name: JOHN KARL CABILES Date: 12/11/20 Class: 12 Maritime

This document contains a student's answers to questions on a summative assessment about acceleration. 1. The student defines acceleration as the rate of change of velocity over time, and velocity as the rate of change of position over time. 2. Acceleration can be calculated by taking the slope of the velocity vs. time graph, and velocity can be calculated by taking the slope of the position vs. time graph. 3. Position can be calculated by taking the area under the velocity vs. time graph, and velocity can be calculated by taking the area under the acceleration vs. time graph.

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Name: JOHN KARL CABILES Date: 12/11/20 Class: 12 Maritime

“Gaitway” to Acceleration Summative


Assessment 1 . What is acceleration?
-Acceleration is the rate of change in (derivative of) velocity with respect to time. Velocity is the
rate of change in (derivative of) position with respect to time.

2. How can acceleration be calculated using position vs. time data?


-Velocity can be approximated by calculating slopes (derivatives) of position vs. time data, and
acceleration can be approximated by calculating slopes (derivatives) of the resulting velocity
vs. time data.

3. How can position be calculated using acceleration vs. time data?


-Velocity can be approximated by calculating areas (integrals) using acceleration vs. time data,
and position can be approximated by calculating areas (integrals) using the resulting velocity
vs. time data.

4. Solve the following problem:


The velocity of a moving person measured at different times is provided in the following table:
time t (s) 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0

velocity v (m/s) 0.0 0.6 1.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.8

A. Calculate an approximate value for the acceleration of the person at t = 0.6 s.


Show your work and justify your methodology.
-The instantaneous rate of change in the velocity with respect to time at t =
0.6 s can be approximated by calculating slope of velocity vs. time for the
interval from t = 0.4 s to t = 0.8 s:

−0.2m/s − 1.0m/s 2
a ≈ = − 3m/s
0.8s − 0.4s
B. Calculate an approximate value for the change in position of the person during
the time interval from t = 0.0 s to t = 1.0 s. Show your work and justify your
methodology.

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“Gaitway” to Acceleration: Walking Your Way to Acceleration Activity—Summative Assessment

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