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 ${\vec {v}}_{0}$ and an "acceleration" vector called ${\vec {a}}\Delta t$ (note that the latter is actually acceleration time a short time, $\Delta t$.

• Let ${\vec {r}}_{0}$ represent the location of the particle at $t=0$, which is at the tail of ${\vec {v}}_{0}$.
• Let ${\vec {r}}_{1}$ = ${\vec {v}}_{0}\Delta t$.