Physics and Astronomy Labs/Graphical integration of uniform acceleration

In this lab we will use vector to graphically find the motion associated with uniform acceleration. For students who develop this lab, it is also a lesson on creating and understanding the svg files preferred by Wikiversity and its sisters.

Open up Inkscape and create an initial velocity vector, called ${\overrightarrow{v}}_0$ and an "acceleration" vector called $\overrightarrow{a}\mathrm{\Delta }t$ (note that the latter is actually acceleration time a short time, $\mathrm{\Delta }t$.

• Let ${\overrightarrow{r}}_0$ represent the location of the particle at $t=0$, which is at the tail of ${\overrightarrow{v}}_0$.
• Let ${\overrightarrow{r}}_1$ = ${\overrightarrow{v}}_0\mathrm{\Delta }t$.