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diff --git a/ap-physics1-exam/q2.tex b/ap-physics1-exam/q2.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f531b2d --- /dev/null +++ b/ap-physics1-exam/q2.tex @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +{\obeylines% +WY5V8181 +HR +} +\noindent(a) + +Speed is absolute velocity (i.e. regardless of direction). Both A and B +have increasing absolute distance from the x-axis at every time shown on +the graph, so neither has decreasing speed. + +\noindent(b) + +At $t=0$, $t=2$, A and B are moving at the same speed because their +lines on the graph intersect. + +\noindent(c) + +Object A. + +\noindent(d) + +$$W = \Delta E.$$ +The initial velocities of both objects are zero, so their initial +energies are zero, and $$W = E_f = {1\over2}mv^2.$$ Because +$m_A = m_B,$ and $$|v_A| > |v_B| \to v_A^2 > v_B^2\hbox{ at $t=4$},$$ +object A has more energy and has thus had more net work done to it. + +\bye |