\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. 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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Distance and Displacement}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Put simply, {\bf{distance}} is the total amount something traveled (measured in centimeters, meters, or kilometers) and {\bf{displacement}} is only how far away it ended from its starting point (simpifies to X\textasciicircum{}F\textasciicircum{} - X\textasciicircum{}I\textasciicircum{}, or final position minus initial position.)% Row Count 6 (+ 6) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Distance and displacement are NOT the same thing, and most problems later on in physics will be asking you about {\emph{displacement}}. Make sure you know which one you're looking for!} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Average Speed vs. Average Velocity}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Average speed}} is the total {\emph{distance}} traveled divided by the total {\emph{time}} traveled over a certain interval. {\bf{Speed is a scalar measurement}}, which means it has no direction, only a magnitude. \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 4) {\bf{Average velocity}} is the total {\emph{displacement}} traveled divided by the total {\emph{time}} traveled over a certain interval. {\bf{Velocity is a vector measurement}}, which means it has a magnitude and a direction. It is often written as {\bf{Δx / Δt}}, or {\emph{change in position over change in time}}.% Row Count 10 (+ 6) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.18988 cm} x{2.78712 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Slope And Its Meanings}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{On a position vs. time graph:}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Positive slope & Object moving forward \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{line going up slowly}} & {\emph{object moving forward slowly}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{line going up quickly}} & {\emph{object moving forward quickly}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Negative slope & Object moving backward \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{line going down slowly}} & {\emph{object moving backward slowly}} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{line going down quickly}} & {\emph{object moving backward quickly}} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} Zero slope & Object not moving \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{To find velocity from a graph like this, find the total displacement over the time traveled during the interval.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Special Cases}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{If an object stops in the exact same place it starts (for example, it travels in a circle or a square), {\bf{the displacement is 0}}. Remember, the displacement is only the difference between the final position and the initial position, so if they are the same point, there is no difference. \newline % Row Count 6 (+ 6) If the distance is a straight line, the displacement and the distance will be the {\bf{same.}}% Row Count 8 (+ 2) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Interpreting Position vs. Time Graphs}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Image could not be loaded.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{A {\bf{position vs. time graph}} will have position on the y-axis and time on the x-axis. These graphs can be used to find {\bf{instantaneous speed}} (the speed the object is going at a specific time) and {\bf{average speed}} (about how fast the object was going overall). \newline \newline Remember that position is measured in m and time is measured in s, so this graph is describing changes in m/s. Since you know that m/s is the unit for velocity, you know that the line is really showing changes in {\bf{velocity.}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Interpreting Velocity vs. Time Graphs}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/pastel-galaxies_1515097755_velocityvstimept2.png}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{In a {\bf{velocity vs. time graph,}} velocity will be plotted on the y-axis and time will be plotted on the x-axis. Remember that velocity is measured in m/s and time is measured in s; therefore, this graph truly shows us a changes in m/s\textasciicircum{}2\textasciicircum{}. This means that the graph is really describing a change in {\bf{acceleration}}.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Example Problems}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\emph{Andrew drives 7 kilometers north, then drives 5 kilometers east. What distance did he cover? What was his displacement?}} \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 3) When solving for {\bf{distance}}, we can just add the 7 km and the 5 km because distance looks for the {\bf{total}} kilometers she traveled. \newline % Row Count 6 (+ 3) When solving for {\bf{displacement}} we need to find how far away from his starting point he ended. To find this, make a straight line from the beginning point to the end point. This will create a triangle, and then you can use a\textasciicircum{}2\textasciicircum{} + b\textasciicircum{}2\textasciicircum{} = c\textasciicircum{}2\textasciicircum{} to solve for c, which will be the displacement. \newline % Row Count 12 (+ 6) So, the answers to this problem: \newline % Row Count 13 (+ 1) {\emph{Distance:}} 12 km \newline % Row Count 14 (+ 1) {\emph{Displacement:}} √74 km, or about 8.6 km.% Row Count 15 (+ 1) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Tips and Tricks}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Note: Having graph paper can be extremely helpful when dealing with distance problems. (For problems like these, it's okay to give your answer in the same unit you're given.)% Row Count 4 (+ 4) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}