Relative Velocity
We travel onboard a boat to investigate the topic of relative velocity and to show how all motion is relative.
We travel onboard a boat to investigate the topic of relative velocity and to show how all motion is relative.
Learning Objectives
-Define relative velocity.
-Understand that motion is relative.
-Calculate the relative velocity of an object in one dimension and two dimensions.
-Define relative velocity.
-Understand that motion is relative.
-Calculate the relative velocity of an object in one dimension and two dimensions.
|
Vocabulary
frame of reference - the view of the person or object observing the motion. Pythagorean Theorem - a theorem that states that the square of the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle equals the sum of the squares of the lengths of the other two sides. relative velocity - the vector difference between the velocities of two objects; the velocity of a body with respect to another regarded as being at rest. resultant - a vector quantity that is equal to the addition of two or more vector components acting at the same point. |