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Calculating Final Speed of Objects Dropped from Height
Calculate final impact speed for free-falling objects dropped from rest using v = √(2as).
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Advanced Kinematics and Equations of Motion
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Apply the uniform acceleration equation v² - u² = 2as and solve complex multi-step kinematics problems.
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Learning standards covered
UK-GCSE-SCIENCE-PHYS-FM-01-02General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) · Science · 10th Graderecall typical speeds encountered in everyday experience for wind and sound, and for walking, running, cycling and other transportation systems; recall the acceleration in free fall and estimate the magnitudes of everyday accelerations
Open Global Standard:OGS.12.PS1.2
UK-GCSE-SCIENCE-PHYS-FM-04-04General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) · Science · 10th Gradeapply formulae relating distance, time and speed, for uniform motion, and for motion with uniform acceleration, and calculate average speed for non-uniform motion (1a, 1c, 2b, 3c).
Open Global Standard:OGS.12.PS1.2
OGS.12.PS1.2