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1997,
2004,
2006
T
EXAS
I
NSTRUMENTS
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NCORPORATED
G
ETTING
S
TARTED WITH THE
CBR 2™
S
ONIC
M
OTION
D
ETECTOR
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Teacher Information
(cont.)
The area under the Velocity-Time plot from
t
1
to
t
2
=
@
d
= (
d
2
N
d
1
) = displacement from
t
1
to
t
2
(net distance traveled).
So,
@
d
=
(
∑
t=1
t=2
v(
@
t)
)
or
@
d
=
⌡
⌠
t=1
t=2
v(dt)
Acceleration-Time plot
Web-site resources
At TI’s Web Site,
education.ti.com
, you will find:
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a listing of supplemental material for use with the
CBR 2™
motion detector and TI
graphing calculators
0
an activities page with applications developed and shared by teachers like you
0
CBR 2™
motion detector programs that access additional
CBR 2™
motion detector
features
0
more detailed information about the
CBR 2™
motion detector settings and programming
commands
At Vernier’s Web Site,
www.vernier.com
, you will find the the RANGER program.
Additional resources
Texas Instruments’
Explorations
books provide supplemental material related to TI graphing
calculators, including books with classroom activities for the
CBR 2™
motion detector
appropriate for middle-school and high-school math and science classes.
t
1
t
2
@
t