CISC 1110 (Science Section)

Brooklyn College

Professor Langsam

Assignment #1

According to Newton’s Law of Motion the distance traveled by an object moving linearly (that is, in one dimension) with uniform acceleration, can be found by:

and its velocity by:

where:

s = distance (meters)

v = velocity

v₀ = initial velocity (meters/sec)

t = time (sec)

g = acceleration due to gravity (9.807 meters/sec²).

Write a C++ program that calculates the distance and velocity that an object travels after being dropped off a very tall building. (We will neglect the drag due to air friction.). Assume the object is dropped with an initial velocity of zero. Your program should print a message of the form:

WHEN THE TIME IS _____ SECONDS THE DISTANCE TRAVELED IS ______ METERS

THE VELOCITY IS _____ METERS PER SECOND.

Calculate the above for time = 1, 2, 4, 5, and 10 seconds.

Use the trailer method to signal the end of the data. Be sure to use meaningful variables, comment your program, and use a consistent style.