Section 14.4 Worksheet: Motion in Space

Assigned problems: Exercises pp. 899-900, #3, 5, 6, 8, 13, 16, 17, 22, 23, 26, 32 (due Wednesday, 12/3).

  1. How is the tangential component of acceleration related to speed? How is the normal component of acceleration related to speed?

  2. How many years did Kepler spend puzzling over the astronomical observations of Tycho Brahe before he formulated his Laws of Planetary Motion?

  3. How should one hit a baseball so that it soars as far as possible?

  4. If tex2html_wrap_inline110 , what is tex2html_wrap_inline112 ?



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