GENERAL
PHYSICS I
MS. PEARL MARIE S. BECIOS
KINEMATICS:
MOTION ALONG A
STRAIGHT LINE
MO
TIO
N
Is a change in position
relative to a frame of
reference.
FRAME OF
REFERENC
from which E
Is an object or point
movement
is determined.
DISTANCE
(d)
Is how far an object
travels.
Formula: d1+d2 …….
SAMPLE PROBLEM!
1.What distance did the ant walk?
Sample Problem
A car drives 150 kilometers north on a
highway, then continues another 100
kilometers in the same direction.
What is the total distance the car
traveled?
DISPLACEM
ENT
Is how far an object
travels with regard to
Formula:direction.
SAMPLE PROBLEM!
1.Find the displacement of the ant.
Sample Problem
A man walks 205 m to the east,
then turns back and walks 60m
due to west. What is the total
distance he walked? What is his
total displacement?
Sample Problem
A cyclist travels 120 meters west in 30
seconds, stops for a minute, and then
continues 80 meters further west in
20 seconds. What is the cyclist's total
displacement?
SPEED
• a scalar quantity
refers to the rate of
motion.
• ratio of distance
covered and the time
of travel.
SPEED
Formula:
Sample Problem
If a car travels 100 km in 2 hours,
its speed is _______________.
Sample Problem
A runner jogs around a circular track
with a circumference of 400 meters.
The runner completes one full lap in
80 seconds. What is the runner's
speed?
AVERAGE
• IsSPEED
the total distance
divided by the total
time.
AVERAGE
SPEED
Formula:
Sample Problem
A person walks 300 meters in 4
minutes and then runs another 200
meters in 2 minutes. What is the
average speed during the entire trip?
Sample Problem
A family takes a road trip. They travel
150 kilometers in 2 hours, stop for a
30-minute break, and then continue
for another 100 kilometers in 1.5
hours. What is their average speed,
excluding the break time?
VELOCITY
• A vector quantity
defined as the ratio
of the displacement
to the total time
elapsed.
VELOCITY
Formula:
NOTE!
Velocities in the same direction
are combine by adding while
velocities in different directions
are combine by subtracting.
Sample Problem
Yaon is a world known Olympian track
and field athlete. He can run the 100-
m dash east and in about
9.58seconds. What is his velocity?
Sample Problem
A car is traveling along a straight road.
It moves 180 meters to the east in 12
seconds. What is the car's velocity?
AVERAGE
•VELOCITY
Defined as the ratio
of total displacement
to the total time
elapsed.
AVERAGE
VELOCITY
Formula:
total
displacement
Average velocity = total time
Sample Problem
A person walks 500 meters north,
then turns around and walks 300
meters south. The entire journey
takes 8 minutes. What is the average
velocity?
Sample Problem
An airplane takes off at 10:00 A.M. and flies
a straight path at 350 km/h until 1:00 P.M. Its
velocity changes to 400km/h and it
maintains this velocity in the same direction
as before until it lands at 3:30 P.M. What is
its average velocity for the entire flight?
ACCELER
ATION
Rate of change of
velocity
ACCELER
ATION
Formula:
Sample Problem
Calculate the acceleration of a car
whose initial velocity is zero and
after 15 seconds, is 23 m/s.
Sample Problem
In 2.5 seconds a car increases its speed
from 60km/h to 67.2 km/h while a
bicycle goes from rest to 9km/hr in 2.5
seconds. Which undergoes the greater
acceleration? What is the acceleration
of each vehicle?
SOLVE!
A car starts from the stoplight and is
traveling with a velocity of 10 m/s east
in 20 seconds. What is the acceleration
of the car?
SOLVE!
A snake crawls 5 m east, then
3m west in 20 seconds. What
is the distance traveled,
displacement, average speed
and average velocity?
