Kinematics: Introduction

warm-up Module Warm-Up

To show your coordination, you try to toss a ball straight upward so that is just barely touches the ceiling (position is given in meters and time is given in seconds). Play around with this animation to see if you can do it! Click the image below to view the animation.

View the animation.

Did you find the velocity? If not, that’s okay—In this unit, you will learn how to calculate this velocity so you don’t have to use trial and error!


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