This discussion of velocity during a trip is from the PWS Calculus Modules OnLine.
If you haven't been through the falling body analysis in a Physics lab, then this animation may help you to see what is going on. (The author also has a Java version with some more features, but for some reason it seems to be very slow to load.)
And here's another version of the falling body problem.
If you have come across other good web-based illustrations of these
and related concepts,
please do let
us know and we will add them here.
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