How is gravity a quadratic function?
1 Answer
Refer to explanation.
Explanation:
We can apply quadratic functions to objects that are in motion under gravity. For this explanation, we take a look at one of the equations of motion from physics that itself is a quadratic function and we set the acceleration of an object as being influenced by gravity.
Recall that a quadratic equation looks like the following:
If we were to recall one of equations of motion from physics, such as the equation:
where,
and if we consider our acceleration,
rearranging this equation gives
and making the change in the position of
the
the
as being equal to
the
So, if we look at them together: