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In chapter 3, the student is asked to program the motion of a ball with constant velocity, to plot the position with respect to time of the ball moving with constant velocity, and to simulate the motion of a ball undergoing a constant acceleration (near the surface of the Earth). The student is shown what is happening in a conditional loop. Finally, the student plots the circular motion of a body around an object, using trigonometric functions.
Publication Date
2019
Keywords
Loop, Constant Velocity, Constant Velocity -- Position-Time Graph, Velocity-Time Graph
Disciplines
Astrophysics and Astronomy | Curriculum and Instruction | Numerical Analysis and Computation | Physics | Science and Mathematics Education
Recommended Citation
Morgan, W.A. and English, L.Q., "03 Moving Objects Using Formulas" (2019). VPython for Introductory Mechanics. 9.
https://scholar.dickinson.edu/vpythonphysics/9

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© 2019 W.A. Morgan and L.Q. English, Carlisle, PA 17013
All Rights Reserved.
https://scholar.dickinson.edu/vpythonphysics/