The Law of Change
Because of the extreme restrictions placed on the systems and interactions described by the One-Dimensional Motion with Constant Velocity model, the Law of Change for the model is rather simple. The mathematical definition of velocity (for one-dimensional motion) is:
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If v is a constant, this equation can be straightforwardly integrated:
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which (after algebraic rearrangement) gives:
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where:
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It is rare for physics problems to specify an initial time for a motion, but rather they will usually specify an elapsed time. For instance, instead of saying "a car began a trip at 10:05 AM and drove until 10:15 AM", the problem will usually specify only that the car drove "for 10 minutes". Elapsed time is equivalent to the difference tB - tA.