Position/Time Graph of a Roller Coaster

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

My position/time graph depicts the course of a roller coaster.  The origin of my graph is where the roller coaster is stationed from its beginning to end (it is positioned above the ground).  In the positive direction is the roller coaster's slow inclination to the top of the ride directed toward the sky, and the negative direction is the roller coaster on its quick decline.  The roller coaster starts at its origin and begins to incline all the way to the top (15m) in a duration of eight seconds.  This means that it starts directly in the middle of its incline and decline.  Then, to arouse the people's anticipation, the roller coaster rides constant for seven seconds.  Once the roller coaster reaches the thirteen seconds, the fun begins.  The roller coaster drops past the origin to the direction of negative eight meters.  Since the coaster is close to the ground, it now has to go back up.  But first, it rides stationary for seven seconds.  The coaster inclines in the positive direction past the origin for six seconds up to ten meters.  Without a break, it suddenly drops for one second negatively down to the origin.  The roller coaster then is constant, for the rider's relief, for two seconds.