A Graphical Uniformly Accelerated Motion Example Problem (7:59)

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Again with the graphs?  Yes.  Absolutely Yes.  Graphs are such an important part of any science, especially physics.  The more you work with graphs, the more you will understand them.  Here we combine graphs and uniformly accelerated motion.  Enjoy.

Content Times:
0:29 Reading the Problem
1:02 How do we know it is UAM from the graph?
1:26 Two different, equivalent equations for acceleration
2:41 Finding acceleration
3:23 Graphing acceleration vs. time
3:44 The general shape of the position vs. time graph
4:53 Determining specific points on the position vs. time graph
6:06 Graphing position vs. time
6:58 The Review