<div dir="ltr">Hi, a simple question for you:<div>in this set of equations of the free falling body you have that </div><div><br></div><div>the distance covered by the object in a time_interval = (average_velocity in that time_interval)*(that time_interval)</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/1DKin/Lesson-6/Kinematic-Equations-and-Free-Fall">http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/1DKin/Lesson-6/Kinematic-Equations-and-Free-Fall</a> <br></div><div><div><br></div><div>When you simulate this phenomenon you have this set of equations where you read this line for the velocity:</div><div><span style="font-family:arial,tahoma,helvetica,freesans,sans-serif;font-size:13.2px">y1=y0+h*v0</span><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,tahoma,helvetica,freesans,sans-serif;font-size:13.2px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,tahoma,helvetica,freesans,sans-serif;font-size:13.2px">My question is: why don't you have a 0.5 factor in this line?</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,tahoma,helvetica,freesans,sans-serif;font-size:13.2px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,tahoma,helvetica,freesans,sans-serif;font-size:13.2px">Here's the full code</span></div><div><a href="http://comput-physics.blogspot.ch/2011/06/simulation-free-fall-of-body.html">http://comput-physics.blogspot.ch/2011/06/simulation-free-fall-of-body.html</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Than you a lot.</div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">Roberto</div>
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