Displacement as Function of Time Graph Question

[physicsnobrain]

This is the graph I refer to. You show the spike of acceleration in the right place, but it should not be above the line, it should be below. You need it to act so it slows the object rapidly to stop it. Like bumping your head on an overhead steel beam! <crunch!>

Ahhh, so its slow acting. SO like this:

 

[NascentOxygen]

Ahhh, so its slow acting. SO like this:

When you bump your head on an overhead beam, it doesn't feel like a gentle slow-acting stop to me!

Your graph is improving. Not far to go now ...

 

[physicsnobrain]

Ahhh, it must be this then.

 

[NascentOxygen]

Ahhh, it must be this then.

Not quite, but you are close. It's not as complicated as you show. But you have had enough help with this assignment that I think that should do for now. If you think about it more carefully, you might be able to get 100%. Post again if you come up with a better plot.

Remember that I said that vertical line on the extreme right is questionable, for the acceleration vs time plot, as I explained earlier. I would omit it.