Cosider a body moving constant speed of `2 m//s` in a straight line. When ypu start your stopwatch, you observe the body `1 m` away from a fixed point on the line. Suggest suitable physical quantities, write a function and draw its graph decribing motion of the body.
Cosider a body moving constant speed of `2 m//s` in a straight line. When ypu start your stopwatch, you observe the body `1 m` away from a fixed point on the line. Suggest suitable physical quantities, write a function and draw its graph decribing motion of the body.
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Distance x of the body from the given fixed point and time t measured by the stopwatch are the suitable variables. If we consider the fixed point as the origin, distance x is known as the position coordinate of the body.
In the following figure it is shown that the body is no point A at the instant `t=0`and after a time t it reaches another point B covering a distance, which equals to product of speed and time interval. Thus, distance s covered by the body in time t is given by the following equation.
`s=2t`
With the help of the above figure, position coordinate x of the body at any time t is given by the following equation, which is the required function describing motion of the body.
`x=2t+1`
Graph of this equation is also shown in the adjoining figure.
In the following figure it is shown that the body is no point A at the instant `t=0`and after a time t it reaches another point B covering a distance, which equals to product of speed and time interval. Thus, distance s covered by the body in time t is given by the following equation.
`s=2t`
With the help of the above figure, position coordinate x of the body at any time t is given by the following equation, which is the required function describing motion of the body.
`x=2t+1`
Graph of this equation is also shown in the adjoining figure.
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