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I.
PushingonaFileCabinet
Bobhasbeenaskedtopushaheavyfilecabinetdownthe
halltoanotheroffice.Itsnotonrollers,sothereisalot
offriction.Attimet=0seconds,hestartspushingit
fromrestwithincreasingforceuntilitstartstomoveatt
=2seconds.Hepushesthefilecabinetdownthehall
withvaryingamountsofforce.Thevelocityversustime
graphofthecabinetisshownbelow.
A. Onthegraphsprovidedbelow,
1. drawthenetforcevs.timethatwouldproducethisvelocitygraph;
2. drawthefrictionforcevs.timeforthismotion;
3. drawtheappliedforce(FonCabinetbyBob)vs.timeforthismotion(thefirsttwosecondsofthisgraph
havebeendrawnforyou).
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B. Intheboxesprovided,drawafreebodydiagramforthefilecabinetatthetimesindicated.Labelall
forces.
timeA
timeB
timeC
timeD
C. ExplainhowyouusedNewtonsLawsinreasoningyouranswertopartIB.
D. HowdothehorizontalforcescompareattimeAandattimeC?Explainwhytheyarethesameor
different.
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II. Usingthecomputersimulation
Onthecomputer,findthePhETsimulationcalledForcesin1Dimensionandstartit.Hereyoullsee
Bobandhisfilecabinet.(Besurethatallgroupmembersgetachancetocontrolthesimulation.)
A. ExplorethesimulationtoseeifyourgraphsandfreebodydiagramsfrompartImakesense.
B. Asyoulearnanddiscovermoreaboutforcesandmotion,reviseyourgraphsanddiagramsinpartI.
Explainwhatyoudiscoveredandhowthesediscoveriesrevisedyourreasoningandresponses.
Drawthefinal,revisedversionofyourappliedforcegraphhere:
Drawthefinal,revisedversionofyourfreebodydiagramsfortimeAandtimeChere:
timeA
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timeC
C. ReviseyouranswertopartID:HowdothehorizontalforcescompareattimeAandattimeC?
Explainwhytheforcesatthesetimesarethesameordifferentfromeachother.
D. Summarizethemainphysicsideasthatyouneededtoapplytothisproblemandhowtoreasonfrom
thatideatotheanswer.
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III. Pushingonotherobjects
A. Usingthesimulation,exploretheotherobjectsbesidesthefilecabinet.
B. Bobwantstobeabletopredicthowhisexperiencemovingdifferentobjectsdownthehallwillchange
basedonthetypeofobject.ExplaintoBoballofthewaysinwhichthetypeofobjectwillinfluence
Bobsexperienceandtheobjectsmotionsothathecanmakegoodpredictions.
C. Explainhowyouwouldhavetomodifyyourappliedforcediagram(partIA)ifthevelocityvs.time
graphrepresentedthemotionofotherobjects.
D. Explainhowyouwouldhavetomodifyyourfreebodydiagrams(partIB)forotherobjects.
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IV. Motionwithoutfriction
Forthissection,turnofffrictioninthesimulation.
A. Withoutfriction,howdotheappliedforceandthenetforcecompare?
B. Experimentingwiththesimulation,sketchanappliedforcethatwillgeneratethepositionversustime
graphshown.
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C. Makeupanddrawapositionversustimegraphinthespaceprovided.Thensketchanappliedforce
graphthatwillgeneratethismotion.
D. Whatarethemainphysicsideasthatyouusedwhendrawingtheappliedforcegraphabove?
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