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--- course_planning:computation:scratch_work [2016/03/12 23:06] – [Code] obsniukm
+++ course_planning:computation:scratch_work [2016/03/25 18:40] (current) – [Code] obsniukm
@@ Line 48: / Line 48: @@
 #Calculation Loop
-while runawaycraft.pos.x < 0:
+while hovercraft.pos.x < 0:
-    Fgrav = runawaycraftm*g
+    Fgrav = hovercraftm*g
     Fground = -Fgrav
     Fnet = Fgrav + Fground
@@ Line 60: / Line 60: @@
     t = t + dt
 </code>
+<WRAP tip>
+== Tutor Questions ==
+  * **Question:**  What assumptions did you make about the motion of the hovercrafts?
+  * **Expected Answer:**  That the runaway craft has a constant velocity, and the rescue craft starts from rest with a constant acceleration.
+  * **Question:**  Are these velocities and accelerations calculated from the numbers given exact?
+  * **Expected Answer:**  No, these are only average numbers, not instantaneous.  In order to get more "exact" numbers, we would need more data.
+  * **Question:**  Is the predicted position of the rescue craft a good one?
+  * **Expected Answer:**  Not really, basing the trajectory off the first 20 seconds of data is probably not the best -- but it is all we have to work with.
+  * **Questions:**  Can you draw a plot of position vs. time for both crafts?  What are the important features of this graph?
+  * **Expected Answer:**  The point where the two curves cross is when we should jump.  One should be linear, the other quadratic.
+  * **Questions:**  Can you draw a plot of velocity vs. time for both crafts?  What are the important features of this graph?
+  * **Expected Answer:**  The acceleration is the slope of each curve (constant in both cases).
+</WRAP>