Tutorial 2.

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1.

Complete the table below

Physical Quantity

Symbol

Displacement
v
Initial velocity
acceleration

2.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

A car starts from points from point O and moves to U, 50 m to the north in 60 s. The car then moves to B, 120 m to the west in 40 s. Finally, it stops.
Calculate the :
total distance moved by the car
displacement of the car
speed of the car when it is moves to the north
velocity of the car
average speed of the car

3.

A bus stops at a station to pick passengers up. It then moves and attains a velocity of 15 m s-1 in 8 s. What is the acceleration of the bus?

4.

Solve the following problems using the equations of linear motion

(a) A car moves from rest to a velocity of 10 ms-1 in 5 s .Calculate the acceleration of the car

(b) A car traveling with a velocity of 10 m s-1 accelerates uniformly at a rate of 3 m s-2 for 20 s.
Calculate the displacement of the car.

(c)

A van that is traveling with velocity 16 m s-1 decelerates until it comes to a stop. If the distance traveled is 8 m, calculate the deceleration of the van.

5.

Study the velocity-time graph.

Calculate:(i) the acceleration, a, for sections AB,
BC and CD
(ii) total displacement

v/m s-1

10

10

15

20

25

6. Figure 2.1 shows a tape chart consisting of 5-tick strip.

Describe the motion represented by AB and BC.
In each case, determine the ;
(a) displacement
(b) average velocity
(c) acceleration

7. A car moving with constant velocity of 40 ms-1 . The driver saw and obstacle in front and he immediately stepped on the brake pedal and managed to stop the
car in 8 s. The distance of the obstacle from the car when the driver spotted it was 180 m. How far is the obstacle from the car has stopped.

8.

Describe and interprte the motion of a body which is represented by the displacement time graphs in Figure 2.21

t/s

9. Describe and interpret the motion of body which is represented by the velocity-time graphs shown in figure 2.22. In each case, find the distance covered by the
body and its displacement

10. The figure below shows a ticker tape chart obtained from the motion of a trolley down an inclined plane. Each strip of
ticker tape contains 10 ticks. The ticker timer makes 50 ticks per second.
a) What type of power supply is used to run the ticker timer?

b) What is the time interval for 1 tick on the ticker tape?

c) What is the type of motion shown by the trolley?

d) What is the average velocity shown by the first strip of ticker tape?

e) Calculate the acceleration of the trolley.

11. Ahmad cycles to school everyday. The graph below shows a typical velocity-time graph of
Ahmad's journey to school.
a) During which part of the journey is Ahmad :
i) Acceleration:
ii) Deceleration: ..
b) For how long is Ahmad cycling with constant velocity?

(c)

How far is Ahmad's school form his house?

(d)

What is Ahmad's average velocity for the whole journey?