A Typical First Semester Physics Problem
As high school students move into their physics courses, especially in AP Physics 1, they’re going to encounter problems involving the study of kinematics, or one-dimensional motion. One of the typical kinds of problems that an instructor may ask students to solve involves acceleration and the application of Newton’s Laws of Motion. Here’s an example. A 43.0 kg parachutist is moving straight downward with a speed of 4.00 meters per second. If the parachutist comes to rest after constantly accelerating…