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71.

(a) It is the intent of this problem to treat the v

0

= 0 condition rigidly. In other words, we are not

fitting the distance to just any second-degree polynomial in t; rather, we requiring d = At

2

(which

meets the condition that d and its derivative is zero when t = 0). If we perform a leastsquares fit
with this expression, we obtain A = 3.587 (SI units understood). We return to this discussion in
part (c). Our expectation based on Eq. 2-15, assuming no error in starting the clock at the moment
the acceleration begins, is d =

1
2

at

2

(since he started at the coordinate origin, the location of which

presumably is something we can be fairly certain about).

(b) The graph (d on the vertical axis, SI units understood) is shown.

The horizontal
axis is t

2

(as

indicated

by

the

problem

statement)

so

that

we

have

a straight line
instead

of

a

parabola.

0

20

40

d

10

t_squared

(c) Comparing our two expressions for d, we see the parameter A in our fit should correspond to

1
2

a,

so a = 2(3.587)

7.2 m/s

2

. Now, other approaches might be considered (trying to fit the data with

d = Ct

2

+ B for instance, which leads to a = 2C = 7.0 m/s

2

and B

= 0), and it might be useful to

have the class discuss the assumptions made in each approach.


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