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9 years ago Edited: 9 years ago, padre
1.   My dog Spot can reach a speed of 20 m/s from rest in a distance of 35 m.  He can’t go faster than 20 m/s but he can maintain that speed for a long time.  Draw a quantitative velocity graph and an acceleration graph for Spot as he runs the 100 m dash.  Include the time he finishes the race on the graph.
2.   An Olympic ice skater crosses ice is traveling at 8.5 m/s until she hits a rough patch of ice that is 5.0 m wide.  She slows down at a constant rate while on the rough ice patch.  On the other side of the ice patch her velocity is 6.0 m/s in her original direction of motion. Draw a quantitative velocity graph and an acceleration graph for the speed skater as they cross over the rough patch.
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9 years ago
Please limit to two questions per thread. I have deleted #3 and #4.
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1) The dog acceleration is a. The dog accelerates until he reaches the speed of 20m/s (having covered x=35m). After that, he maintains the speed of 20m/s untill he reaches the =100m.

Firstly we find the acceleration:
we have: u=a*t1 <=> 20=a*t1 <=> t1= 20/a
and
x=(1/2)a*t12 <=> 35=(1/2)*a(20/a)2 <=> 35=(1/2)*a*(400/a2) <=> 35=(1/2)*400/a <=> 35=200/a <=> a=200/35 <=> a=5,71m/s2
and t1=20/a=3,5s

This acceleration applies until the dog reaches x=35 (t=3,5s)
(note: we assume that the acceleration remains constant until he reaches its max speed)

Then, we need to find how much time the dog need to reach the 100m
The dog is located at x=35 and must cover the distance of 100-35=65m. It's speed is constant: u=20m/s. This is simpler: x=u*t <=> t=x/u=65/20=3.25s (at last, a number that doesn't need rounding)
So, t2=t1+t= 3,5+3,25=6,75s. (t2 is the total time when the dog reaches 100m)

I'll probably check the rest of your questions tomorrow.
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