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Unit 2 Exam Essays

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Questions 110: Answer the following questions. If necessary, use an equation program, such
as that included in newer versions of Microsoft Word, to show your work. If you have questions
about using Microsoft Words equation program, try searching the Microsoft Web site, located
at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/default.aspx. You can also use a program such as
MathType to show your work with formulas, numbers, and units. You can download a free 30-day
trial of MathType at http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathtype/trial.asp.
1. The graphs below show position as a function of time for three different objects. Describe the
similarities and differences of these motions. Explain your answer.

2. The graphs below show the projection of velocity as a function of time for three different objects.
Compare the accelerations of the three objects. Determine whether each of these accelerations is
positive or negative. Explain your answer.

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3. The graph below shows the projection of an objects acceleration as a function of time. Graph the
projections of the objects velocity and displacement as functions of time.

4. The graph below shows the projection of an objects velocity as a function of time. Graph the
projections of the objects acceleration and displacement as functions of time.

5. A wagon with a width of 2.4 m, moving at a speed of 15 m per second, was shot through by a bullet
perpendicular to the movement of the wagon. The distance between the two bullet holes in the
wagons walls is 6 cm. What is the speed of the bullet?
6. The driver notices that the rain leaves no trace on the back windshield of his car slanted at a 60
angle to the horizontal when the car is moving faster than 30 km per hour. Find the velocity of rain
droplets.
7. The last car unfastens from a moving train. The train continues to move at the same constant
speed. What is the ratio of the paths covered by the train and car up to the moment of the cars
stop? Assume that the car decelerates uniformly. Solve this problem graphically.
8. A plane is flying in a straight line at an unchanging height and unchanging speed. The pilot must
drop an object onto a target in front of the plane. At what angle must the pilot see the target at the
moment of dropping the object? At that moment, what is the distance between the target and the
planes projection onto the ground? Disregard air resistance.

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9. Two objects are thrown simultaneously from the same height at 45 angles to the vertical with a
speed of 20 m per second; one up, the other one down. Find the difference between the heights the
objects will be at two seconds later. How are these objects moving in regards to one another?
10. Water is shooting at the same speed out of the three tubes placed on the ground at different angles
of 60, 45, and 30 to the horizon. Find the ratio of the greatest heights the streams can reach and
the ratio of distances from the mouths of the tubes the points where the streams hit the ground.

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