A rocket is launched straight up. Draw a basic motion diagram, using the images from the movie, from the moment of liftoff until the rocket is at an altitude of 500 m.
Solution:
Model
We have no information about the acceleration of the rocket, so we will assume that it accelerates upward with a constant acceleration.
Solve
Assess
Notice that the length of the velocity vectors increases each step by approximately the length of the acceleration vector.
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