Alright, so, you wanna know about this… this sports car thing, right? Moving at, what they call, “constant velocity.” Sounds fancy, but it ain’t that hard to understand, even for an old woman like me. Basically, it just means the thing’s going steady, you know? Like my old mule, Bess, when she’s pulling the cart. She goes at the same speed, doesn’t speed up, doesn’t slow down, just keeps going.
Now, this car, it’s the same deal, but way faster than Bess, that’s for sure. They say it moved 120 meters in 5 seconds. That’s a lot, I reckon. Means it’s covering the same amount of ground every second. Like, if you’re walking and you take the same size steps each time, and you keep taking them at the same speed, that’s kinda like constant velocity, see?
So, what makes it constant velocity? Well, first off, the speed ain’t changing. It’s steady as she goes. And the direction, that’s important too. The car ain’t swerving all over the place, it’s going straight, like an arrow.
They talk about “acceleration” and stuff. Sounds complicated, but it’s simple. If the car is going at constant velocity, it ain’t accelerating at all. Zero acceleration. Makes sense, right? If it was speeding up or slowing down, that wouldn’t be constant now, would it? It’s like pushing a heavy box. If you push it just enough to keep it moving but not enough to make it go faster, that’s kind of like constant velocity.
- No speeding up.
- No slowing down.
- Going straight, not turning.
Now, if this car hits the brakes, that’s a different story. Then it’s not constant velocity anymore. It’s slowing down, which means it’s got acceleration, but in the opposite direction, see? They call it deceleration sometimes, fancy words for slowing down. Like when I pull on Bess’s reins, she slows down.
So, if this car goes 120 meters in 5 seconds, then stops in 3.7 seconds, you can figure out how fast it was slowing down. It’s like knowing how fast Bess is walking and then seeing how long it takes her to stop when I tell her to “whoa.” The faster she stops, the bigger the “deceleration.”
And they talk about “net force” too. Sounds scary, but it just means all the pushes and pulls on the car. If it’s moving at constant velocity, all them pushes and pulls are balanced. Like, the engine is pushing it forward, but the air and the road are pushing back, and they all even out. So, the car just keeps on going. It’s like two folks arm wrestling, if they’re both equally strong, their arms ain’t moving, even though they’re both pushing hard.
Constant velocity is a pretty important thing in those physics books, I hear. It’s a basic idea, like knowing the difference between a hen and a rooster. You gotta understand the basics before you can get to the fancy stuff. It is the same if you are going west, as long as you’re maintaining the same speed and not turning, you have constant velocity.
So, next time you see a car going steady down the road, you’ll know it’s moving at constant velocity. It ain’t rocket science, even if those fancy scientists like to make it sound that way. Just remember Bess, my mule. Steady and straight, that’s the ticket.
And remember this is just for when its moving at a constant velocity, it can still be a fast sports car but when it is braking that is a whole other thing.
Lastly, if you have a car moving constantly, then the net acceleration is zero, the speed is uniform, and the direction remains unchanged.
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