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1. Q: A car moved 80 km to the South. What is its displacement? A: 20 km South B: 50 km East C: 80 km

South D: 160 km North -------------------------------------

2. Q: A car moved 60 km East and 90 km West. What is the distance? A: 30 km B: 60 km C: 90 km D: 150

km -------------------------------------

3. Q: A car moved 60 km East and 90 km West. What is the displacement? A: 30 km West B: 60 km West
C: 30 km East D: 150 km -------------------------------------

4. Q: Average velocity can be calculated by dividing displacement over what? A: time B: distance C: mass
D: density -------------------------------------

5. Q: What is the average velocity of a car that moved 60km in 3 hours? A: 10 km/h B: 20 km/h C: 30
km/h D: 60 km/h -------------------------------------

6. Q: What is the average velocity of a car that moved 40 km East and 80 km West in 2 hours? A: 5 km/h
B: 10 km/h C: 15 km/h D: 20 km/h -------------------------------------

7. Q: How far will a car travel in 25 min at 12 m/s? A: 10 km B: 14 km C: 18 km D: 24 km ---------------------

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8. Q: How far will a car travel in 2 hours at 20 m/s? A: 144 km B: 158 km C: 168 km D: 234 km ---------------
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9. Q: If car A is at 40 km/h and car B is at 10 km/h in the opposite direction, what is the velocity of the
car A relative to the car B? A: 10 km/h B: 20 km/h C: 40 km/h D: 50 km/h -------------------------------------

10. Q: If you are walking at constant velocity of 8 km/h and a car passed you by at the speed of 30 km/h
from behind, what is the car's velocity from your viewpoint? A: 22 km/h B: 30 km/h C: 38 km/h D: 40
km/h -------------------------------------

11. Q: If car A is at 70 km/h and car B is at 50 km/h in the same direction, what is the velocity of the car
A relative to the car B? A: 10 km/h B: 20 km/h C: 30 km/h D: 40 km/h -------------------------------------

12. Q: If a car moves 12 km North, 19 km East, and 12 km South, what is its displacement? A: 12 km B:
19 km C: 31 km D: 43 km -------------------------------------

13. Q: Acceleration is the measure of the change in what? A: density B: motion C: velocity D: mass --------
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14. Q: Average acceleration is calculated by: A: velocity change devided by the mass B: mass change
devided by elapsed time C: velocity change devided by elapsed time D: velocity change devided by
gravity -------------------------------------
 15. Q: If a car accelerates from 3 m/s to 12 m/s in 3 seconds, what is the car's average acceleration? A: 1
m/s2 B: 2 m/s2 C: 3 m/s2 D: 4 m/s2 ------------------------------------- 16. Q: How long does it take to
accelerate an object from rest to 15 m/s if the acceleration was 3 m/s2? A: 2 s B: 4 s C: 5 s D: 15 s ---------
---------------------------- 17. Q: You started to run at 10 km/h when you left your house and you arrived at
school 30 minutes later. Assuming that your average acceleration was 30 km/h2, how fast were you
running when you arrived? A: 15 km/h B: 20 km/h C: 25 km/h D: 30 km/h -------------------------------------
18. Q: Acceleration due to gravity is represented by what symbol? A: v B: g C: t D: s ----------------------------
--------- 19. Q: What is g? A: 9.8 m/s2 B: 10.7 m/s2 C: 12.6 m/s2 D: 98 m/s2 -------------------------------------
20. Q: How long will it take for an apple falling from a 29.4m-tall tree to hit the ground? A: 1.56 s B: 2.04
s C: 2.45 s D: 3.72 s ------------------------------------- 21. Q: How long does it take for a car to change its
velocity from 10 m/s to 25 m/s if the acceleration is 5 m/s2? A: 2 s B: 3 s C: 4 s D: 5 s --------------------------
----------- 22. Q: If a car has a constant acceleration of 4 m/s2, starting from rest, how fast is it traveling
after 5 seconds? A: 20 m/s2 B: 24 m/s2 C: 30 m/s2 D: 40 m/s2 -------------------------------------

23. Q: If a car has a constant acceleration of 4 m/s2, starting from rest, how far has it traveled after 5
seconds? A: 50 m B: 60 m C: 70 m D: 80 m -------------------------------------

24. Q: If a car has a constant acceleration of 4 m/s2, starting from rest, how far has it traveled by the
time it reaches the speed of 40 m/s? A: 50 m B: 100 m C: 200 m D: 400 m -------------------------------------

25. Q: A car is at velocity of 20 km/h. If the car traveled 120 km in 3 hours at constant acceleration, what
is its final velocity? A: 50 km/h B: 60 km/h C: 70 km/h D: 80 km/h -------------------------------------

26. Q: How long will it take for a falling object to reach 108 m/s if its initial velocity is 10 m/s? A: 6 s B: 8
s C: 10 s D: 12 s -------------------------------------

27. Q: What is the final velocity of an apple if it falls from a 100m-tree? A: 43.4 m/s B: 44.3 m/s C: 45.7
m/s D: 46.4 m/s -------------------------------------

28. Q: What is the displacement of a car whose initial velocity is 5 m/s and then accelerated 2 m/s2 for
10 seconds? A: 150 m B: 175 m C: 200 m D: 250 m -------------------------------------

29. Q: What is the final velocity of a car that accelerated 10 m/s2 from rest and traveled 180m? A: 30
m/s B: 40 m/s C: 50 m/s D: 60 m/s -------------------------------------

30. Q: If a car accelerated from 5 m/s to 25 m/s in 10 seconds, how far will it travel? A: 100 m B: 150 m
C: 200 m D: 250 m

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1. Q: A car moved 80 km to the South. What is its displacement? C: 80 km South -------------------
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2. Q: A car moved 60 km East and 90 km West. What is the distance? D: 150 km -------------------
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3. Q: A car moved 60 km East and 90 km West. What is the displacement? A: 30 km West ------
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4. Q: Average velocity can be calculated by dividing displacement over what? A: time -------------
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5. Q: What is the average velocity of a car that moved 60km in 3 hours? B: 20 km/h ----------------
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6. Q: What is the average velocity of a car that moved 40 km East and 80 km West in 2 hours?
D: 20 km/h -------------------------------------

7. Q: How far will a car travel in 25 min at 12 m/s? C: 18 km -------------------------------------

8. Q: How far will a car travel in 2 hours at 20 m/s? A: 144 km -------------------------------------

9. Q: If car A is at 40 km/h and car B is at 10 km/h in the opposite direction, what is the velocity
of the car A relative to the car B? D: 50 km/h -------------------------------------

10. Q: If you are walking at constant velocity of 8 km/h and a car passed you by at the speed of
30 km/h from behind, what is the car's velocity from your viewpoint? A: 22 km/h ---------------------
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11. Q: If car A is at 70 km/h and car B is at 50 km/h in the same direction, what is the velocity of
the car A relative to the car B? B: 20 km/h -------------------------------------

12. Q: If a car moves 12 km North, 19 km East, and 12 km South, what is its displacement? B:
19 km -------------------------------------

13. Q: Acceleration is the measure of the change in what? C: velocity -----------------------------------

-- 14. Q: Average acceleration is calculated by: C: velocity change devided by elapsed time ------
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15. Q: If a car accelerates from 3 m/s to 12 m/s in 3 seconds, what is the car's average
acceleration? C: 3 m/s2 -------------------------------------

16. Q: How long does it take to accelerate an object from rest to 15 m/s if the acceleration was 3
m/s2? C: 5 s -------------------------------------

17. Q: You started to run at 10 km/h when you left your house and you arrived at school 30
minutes later. Assuming that your average acceleration was 30 km/h2, how fast were you
running when you arrived? C: 25 km/h -------------------------------------
18. Q: Acceleration due to gravity is represented by what symbol? B: g ---------------------------------
----

19. Q: What is g? A: 9.8 m/s2 -------------------------------------

20. Q: How long will it take for an apple falling from a 29.4m-tall tree to hit the ground? C: 2.45 s
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21. Q: How long does it take for a car to change its velocity from 10 m/s to 25 m/s if the
acceleration is 5 m/s2? B: 3 s -------------------------------------

22. Q: If a car has a constant acceleration of 4 m/s2, starting from rest, how fast is it traveling
after 5 seconds? A: 20 m/s2 -------------------------------------

23. Q: If a car has a constant acceleration of 4 m/s2, starting from rest, how far has it traveled
after 5 seconds? A: 50 m -------------------------------------

24. Q: If a car has a constant acceleration of 4 m/s2, starting from rest, how far has it traveled
by the time it reaches the speed of 40 m/s? C: 200 m -------------------------------------

25. Q: A car is at velocity of 20 km/h. If the car traveled 120 km in 3 hours at constant
acceleration, what is its final velocity? B: 60 km/h -------------------------------------

26. Q: How long will it take for a falling object to reach 108 m/s if its initial velocity is 10 m/s? C:
10 s -------------------------------------

27. Q: What is the final velocity of an apple if it falls from a 100m-tree? B: 44.3 m/s -----------------
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28. Q: What is the displacement of a car whose initial velocity is 5 m/s and then accelerated 2
m/s2 for 10 seconds? A: 150 m -------------------------------------

29. Q: What is the final velocity of a car that accelerated 10 m/s2 from rest and traveled 180m?
D: 60 m/s -------------------------------------

30. Q: If a car accelerated from 5 m/s to 25 m/s in 10 seconds, how far will it travel? B: 150 m

Problem 1: A man walks 7 km in 2 hours and 2 km in 1 hour in the same direction.

a) What is the man's average speed for the whole journey?

b) What is the man's average velocity for the whole journey?

Solution to Problem 1:

a)

distance 7 km + 2 km 9 km
average speed = time
= 2 hours + 1 hour = 3 hours = 3 km/h
b)
displacement 7 km + 2 km 9 km
average velocity = time
= 2 hours + 1 hour = 3 hours = 3 km/h

Problem 2: A man walks 7 km East in 2 hours and then 2.5 km West in 1 hour.

a) What is the man's average speed for the whole journey?

b) What is the man's average velocity for the whole journey?

Solution to Problem 2:

a)

distance 7 km + 2.5 km 9.5 km

average speed = time
= 2 hours + 1 hour = 3 hours = 3.2 km/h (approximated to the nearest tenth)
b)
displacement 7 km - 2.5 km 4.5 km
average velocity = time
= 2 hours + 1 hour = 3 hours = 1.5 km/h

Problem 3: You start walking from a point on a circular field of radius 0.5 km and 1 hour
later you are at the same point.

a) What is your average speed for the whole journey?

 b) What is your average velocity for the whole journey?

Solution to Problem 3:

a) If you walk around a circular field and come back to the same point, you have
covered a distance equal to the circumference of the circle.

distance circumference 2 * 0.5 * Pi

average speed = time
= time
= 1 hour
= Pi km/h = 3.14 km/h (approximated)
b) If you walk around a circular field and come back to the same point where you started
the displacement, which a change in position, is equal to zero. Since the displacement
is equal to zero, the average velocity is also equal to zero.

Problem 4: John drove South 120 km at 60 km/h and then East 150 km at 50 km/h.
Determine

a) the average speed for the whole journey?

b) the magnitude of the average velocity for the whole journey?

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Solution to Problem 4:

a)
The time t1 to cover 120 km at a speed of 60 km/h is given by

t1 = 120 / 60 = 2 hours

The time t2 to cover 150 km at a speed of 50 km/h is given by

t2 = 150 / 50 = 3 hours

distance 120 km + 150 km 270 km

average speed = time
= 2 hours + 3 hours = 5 hours = 54 km/h
b) The magnitude of the displacement is the distance AC between the final point and
the starting point and is calculated using Pythagora's theorem as follows

AC2 = 1202 + 1502 AC = √(14400+22500) = 30 √41 km

displacement 30 √41 km
average velocity = time
= 2 hours + 3 hour = 38.4 km/h (approximated)

Problem 5: If I can walk at an average speed of 5 km/h, how many miles I can walk in
two hours?

Solution to Problem 5:
distance = (average speed) * (time) = 5 km/h * 2 hours = 10 km

using the rate of conversion 0.62 miles per km, the distance in miles is given by

distance = 10 km * 0.62 miles/km = 6.2 miles

Problem 6: A train travels along a straight line at a constant speed of 60 mi/h for a
distance d and then another distance equal to 2d in the same direction at a constant
speed of 80 mi/h.

a)What is the average speed of the train for the whole journey?

Solution to Problem 6:

a) The time t1 to cover distance d at a speed of 60 mi/h is given by

t1 = d / 60

The time t2 to cover distance 2d at a speed of 80 mi/h is given by

t2 = 2d / 80

distance d + 2d 3d 3d 3d*4800
average speed = time
= d/60 + 2d/80 = (80d + 2d*60)/(60*80) = 200d/4800 = 200d = 72 mi/h

Problem 7: A car travels 22 km south, 12 km west, and 14 km north in half an hour.

a) What is the average speed of the car?

b) What is the final displacement of the car?

c) What is the average velocity of the car?

Solution to Problem 7:

a)
 distance 22 km + 12 km + 14 km
average speed = time
= 0.5 hour
= 96 km/h
b) The displacement is the distance between the starting point and the final point and is
the hypotenuse DA of the right triangle DAE and is calculated using Pythagora's
theorem as follows

AE = 22 - 14 = 8 km

DA2 = AE2 + ED2 = 82 + 122 = 64 + 144 = 208

DA = √208 = 4√13 km

c)
displacement 4√13 km
average velocity = time
= 0.5 hour = 28.8 km/h (approximated)

Problem 8: A man walked from point A to F following the route in the grid below in 3250
seconds. Determine
a) the average speed, in m/s, for the whole journey.

b) the magnitude of the displacement.

c) the magnitude of the average velocity, in m/s, for the whole journey.

Solution to Problem 8:

a)
 3 km + 1 km + 1.5 km + 0.5 km + 0.5 6.5 km 6500 m
average speed distance =2
time
= km = 3250 = 3250
= 3250 seconds seconds seconds m/s
b) The magnitude of the displacement is the distance between the starting point A and
the final point F and is the hypotenuse AF of the right triangle AFH and is calculated
using Pythagora's theorem as follows

AF2 = FH2 + HA2 = 32 + 42 = 9 + 16 = 25

DA = √25 = 5 km

c)
displacement 5 km 5000 m
average velocity = time
= 3250 s = 3250 s = 1.5 m/s (approximated)

Check Your Understanding

1. An airplane accelerates down a runway at 3.20 m/s2 for 32.8 s until is finally lifts off
the ground. Determine the distance traveled before takeoff.
See Answer

See solution below.

2. A car starts from rest and accelerates uniformly over a time of 5.21 seconds for a
distance of 110 m. Determine the acceleration of the car.

3. Upton Chuck is riding the Giant Drop at Great America. If Upton free falls for 2.60
seconds, what will be his final velocity and how far will he fall?

4. A race car accelerates uniformly from 18.5 m/s to 46.1 m/s in 2.47 seconds.
Determine the acceleration of the car and the distance traveled.
5. A feather is dropped on the moon from a height of 1.40 meters. The acceleration of
gravity on the moon is 1.67 m/s2. Determine the time for the feather to fall to the
surface of the moon.

6. Rocket-powered sleds are used to test the human response to acceleration. If a

rocket-powered sled is accelerated to a speed of 444 m/s in 1.83 seconds, then
what is the acceleration and what is the distance that the sled travels?

7. A bike accelerates uniformly from rest to a speed of 7.10 m/s over a distance of
35.4 m. Determine the acceleration of the bike.

8. An engineer is designing the runway for an airport. Of the planes that will use the
airport, the lowest acceleration rate is likely to be 3 m/s2. The takeoff speed for this
plane will be 65 m/s. Assuming this minimum acceleration, what is the minimum
allowed length for the runway?

9. A car traveling at 22.4 m/s skids to a stop in 2.55 s. Determine the skidding distance
of the car (assume uniform acceleration).

10. A kangaroo is capable of jumping to a height of 2.62 m. Determine the takeoff

speed of the kangaroo.
11. If Michael Jordan has a vertical leap of 1.29 m, then what is his takeoff speed and
his hang time (total time to move upwards to the peak and then return to the
ground)?

12. A bullet leaves a rifle with a muzzle velocity of 521 m/s. While accelerating through
the barrel of the rifle, the bullet moves a distance of 0.840 m. Determine the
acceleration of the bullet (assume a uniform acceleration).

13. A baseball is popped straight up into the air and has a hang-time of 6.25 s.
Determine the height to which the ball rises before it reaches its peak. (Hint: the
time to rise to the peak is one-half the total hang-time.)

14. The observation deck of tall skyscraper 370 m above the street. Determine the time
required for a penny to free fall from the deck to the street below.

15. A bullet is moving at a speed of 367 m/s when it embeds into a lump of moist clay.
The bullet penetrates for a distance of 0.0621 m. Determine the acceleration of the
bullet while moving into the clay. (Assume a uniform acceleration.)

16. A stone is dropped into a deep well and is heard to hit the water 3.41 s after being
dropped. Determine the depth of the well.
17. It was once recorded that a Jaguar left skid marks that were 290 m in length.
Assuming that the Jaguar skidded to a stop with a constant acceleration of -3.90
m/s2, determine the speed of the Jaguar before it began to skid.

18. A plane has a takeoff speed of 88.3 m/s and requires 1365 m to reach that speed.
Determine the acceleration of the plane and the time required to reach this speed.

19. A dragster accelerates to a speed of 112 m/s over a distance of 398 m. Determine
the acceleration (assume uniform) of the dragster.

20. With what speed in miles/hr (1 m/s = 2.23 mi/hr) must an object be thrown to
reach a height of 91.5 m (equivalent to one football field)? Assume negligible air
resistance.

Solutions to Above Problems

1.
Given: Find:
a = +3.2 m/s2 t = 32.8 s vi = 0 m/s d = ??
2. d = vi*t + 0.5*a*t2
3. d = (0 m/s)*(32.8 s)+ 0.5*(3.20 m/s2)*(32.8 s)2
4. d = 1720 m
5. Return to Problem 1
6.
7.
Given: Find:
d = 110 m t = 5.21 s vi = 0 m/s a = ??
8. d = vi*t + 0.5*a*t2
9. 110 m = (0 m/s)*(5.21 s)+ 0.5*(a)*(5.21 s)2
10. 110 m = (13.57 s2)*a
11. a = (110 m)/(13.57 s2)
12. a = 8.10 m/ s2
13. Return to Problem 2
14.
15.
Given: Find:
a = -9.8 m t = 2.6 s vi = 0 m/s d = ??
vf = ??
16. d = vi*t + 0.5*a*t2
17. d = (0 m/s)*(2.60 s)+ 0.5*(-9.8 m/s2)*(2.60 s)2
18. d = -33.1 m (- indicates direction)
19. vf = vi + a*t
20. vf = 0 + (-9.8 m/s2)*(2.60 s)
21. vf = -25.5 m/s (- indicates direction)
22. Return to Problem 3
23.
24.
Given: Find:
vi = 18.5 m/s vf = 46.1 m/s t = 2.47 s d = ??
a = ??
25. a = (Delta v)/t
26. a = (46.1 m/s - 18.5 m/s)/(2.47 s)
27. a = 11.2 m/s2
28. d = vi*t + 0.5*a*t2
29. d = (18.5 m/s)*(2.47 s)+ 0.5*(11.2 m/s2)*(2.47 s)2
30. d = 45.7 m + 34.1 m
31. d = 79.8 m
 32. (Note: the d can also be calculated using the equation vf2 = vi2 + 2*a*d)
33. Return to Problem 4
34.
35.
Given: Find:
vi = 0 m/s d = -1.40 m a = -1.67 m/s2 t = ??
36. d = vi*t + 0.5*a*t2
37. -1.40 m = (0 m/s)*(t)+ 0.5*(-1.67 m/s2)*(t)2
38. -1.40 m = 0+ (-0.835 m/s2)*(t)2
39. (-1.40 m)/(-0.835 m/s2) = t2
40. 1.68 s2 = t2
41. t = 1.29 s
42. Return to Problem 5
43.
44.
Given: Find:
vi = 0 m/s vf = 444 m/s t = 1.83 s a = ??
d = ??
45. a = (Delta v)/t
46. a = (444 m/s - 0 m/s)/(1.83 s)
47. a = 243 m/s2
48. d = vi*t + 0.5*a*t2
49. d = (0 m/s)*(1.83 s)+ 0.5*(243 m/s2)*(1.83 s)2
50. d = 0 m + 406 m
51. d = 406 m
52. (Note: the d can also be calculated using the equation vf2 = vi2 + 2*a*d)
53. Return to Problem 6
54.
55.
Given: Find:
vi = 0 m/s vf = 7.10 m/s d = 35.4 m a = ??
56. vf2 = vi2 + 2*a*d
57. (7.10 m/s)2 = (0 m/s)2 + 2*(a)*(35.4 m)
 58. 50.4 m2/s2 = (0 m/s)2 + (70.8 m)*a
59. (50.4 m2/s2)/(70.8 m) = a
60. a = 0.712 m/s2
61. Return to Problem 7
62.
63.
Given: Find:
vi = 0 m/s vf = 65 m/s a = 3 m/s2 d = ??
64. vf2 = vi2 + 2*a*d
65. (65 m/s)2 = (0 m/s)2 + 2*(3 m/s2)*d
66. 4225 m2/s2 = (0 m/s)2 + (6 m/s2)*d
67. (4225 m2/s2)/(6 m/s2) = d
68. d = 704 m
69. Return to Problem 8
70.
71.
Given: Find:
vi = 22.4 m/s vf = 0 m/s t = 2.55 s d = ??
72. d = (vi + vf)/2 *t
73. d = (22.4 m/s + 0 m/s)/2 *2.55 s
74. d = (11.2 m/s)*2.55 s
75. d = 28.6 m
76. Return to Problem 9
77.
78.
Given: Find:
a = -9.8 m/s2 vf = 0 m/s d = 2.62 m vi = ??
79. vf2 = vi2 + 2*a*d
80. (0 m/s) = vi2 + 2*(-9.8 m/s2)*(2.62 m)
2

81. 0 m2/s2 = vi2 - 51.35 m2/s2

82. 51.35 m2/s2 = vi2
83. vi = 7.17 m/s
 84. Return to Problem 10
85.
86.
Given: Find:
a = -9.8 m/s2 vf = 0 m/s d = 1.29 m vi = ??
t = ??
87. vf2 = vi2 + 2*a*d
88. (0 m/s) = vi2 + 2*(-9.8 m/s2)*(1.29 m)
2

89. 0 m2/s2 = vi2 - 25.28 m2/s2

90. 25.28 m2/s2 = vi2
91. vi = 5.03 m/s
92. To find hang time, find the time to the peak and then double it.
93. vf = vi + a*t
94. 0 m/s = 5.03 m/s + (-9.8 m/s2)*tup
95. -5.03 m/s = (-9.8 m/s2)*tup
96. (-5.03 m/s)/(-9.8 m/s2) = tup
97. tup = 0.513 s
98. hang time = 1.03 s
99. Return to Problem 11
100.
101.
Given: Find:
vi = 0 m/s vf = 521 m/s d = 0.840 m a = ??
102. vf2 = vi2 + 2*a*d
103. (521 m/s)2 = (0 m/s)2 + 2*(a)*(0.840 m)
104. 271441 m2/s2 = (0 m/s)2 + (1.68 m)*a
105. (271441 m2/s2)/(1.68 m) = a
106. a = 1.62*105 m /s2
107. Return to Problem 12
108.
109.
Given: Find:
 a = -9.8 m/s2 vf = 0 m/s t = 3.13 s d = ??
a. (NOTE: the time required to move to the peak of the trajectory is one-half the
total hang time - 3.125 s.)

First use: vf = vi + a*t

0 m/s = vi + (-9.8 m/s2)*(3.13 s)
0 m/s = vi - 30.7 m/s
vi = 30.7 m/s (30.674 m/s)
Now use: vf2 = vi2 + 2*a*d
(0 m/s)2 = (30.7 m/s)2 + 2*(-9.8 m/s2)*(d)
0 m2/s2 = (940 m2/s2) + (-19.6 m/s2)*d
-940 m2/s2 = (-19.6 m/s2)*d
(-940 m2/s2)/(-19.6 m/s2) = d
d = 48.0 m
Return to Problem 13

110.
Given: Find:
vi = 0 m/s d = -370 m a = -9.8 m/s2 t = ??
111. d = vi*t + 0.5*a*t2
112. -370 m = (0 m/s)*(t)+ 0.5*(-9.8 m/s2)*(t)2
113. -370 m = 0+ (-4.9 m/s2)*(t)2
114. (-370 m)/(-4.9 m/s2) = t2
115. 75.5 s2 = t2
116. t = 8.69 s
117. Return to Problem 14
118.
119.
Given: Find:
vi = 367 m/s vf = 0 m/s d = 0.0621 m a = ??
120. vf2 = vi2 + 2*a*d
121. (0 m/s)2 = (367 m/s)2 + 2*(a)*(0.0621 m)
122. 0 m2/s2 = (134689 m2/s2) + (0.1242 m)*a
 123. -134689 m2/s2 = (0.1242 m)*a
124. (-134689 m2/s2)/(0.1242 m) = a
125. a = -1.08*106 m /s2
126. (The - sign indicates that the bullet slowed down.)
127. Return to Problem 15
128.
129.
Given: Find:
a = -9.8 m/s2 t = 3.41 s vi = 0 m/s d = ??
130. d = vi*t + 0.5*a*t2
131. d = (0 m/s)*(3.41 s)+ 0.5*(-9.8 m/s2)*(3.41 s)2
132. d = 0 m+ 0.5*(-9.8 m/s2)*(11.63 s2)
133. d = -57.0 m
134. (NOTE: the - sign indicates direction)
135. Return to Problem 16
136.
137.
Given: Find:
a = -3.90 m/s2 vf = 0 m/s d = 290 m vi = ??
138. vf2 = vi2 + 2*a*d
139. (0 m/s)2 = vi2 + 2*(-3.90 m/s2)*(290 m)
140. 0 m2/s2 = vi2 - 2262 m2/s2
141. 2262 m2/s2 = vi2
142. vi = 47.6 m /s
143. Return to Problem 17
144.
145.
Given: Find:
vi = 0 m/s vf = 88.3 m/s d = 1365 m a = ??
t = ??
146. vf2 = vi2 + 2*a*d
147. (88.3 m/s)2 = (0 m/s)2 + 2*(a)*(1365 m)
148. 7797 m2/s2 = (0 m2/s2) + (2730 m)*a
 149. 7797 m2/s2 = (2730 m)*a
150. (7797 m2/s2)/(2730 m) = a
151. a = 2.86 m/s2
152. vf = vi + a*t
153. 88.3 m/s = 0 m/s + (2.86 m/s2)*t
154. (88.3 m/s)/(2.86 m/s2) = t
155. t = 30. 8 s
156. Return to Problem 18
157.
158.
Given: Find:
vi = 0 m/s vf = 112 m/s d = 398 m a = ??
159. vf2 = vi2 + 2*a*d
160. (112 m/s)2 = (0 m/s)2 + 2*(a)*(398 m)
161. 12544 m2/s2 = 0 m2/s2 + (796 m)*a
162. 12544 m2/s2 = (796 m)*a
163. (12544 m2/s2)/(796 m) = a
164. a = 15.8 m/s2
165. Return to Problem 19
166.
167.
Given: Find:
a = -9.8 m/s2 vf = 0 m/s d = 91.5 m vi = ??
t = ??
168. First, find speed in units of m/s:
169. vf2 = vi2 + 2*a*d
170. (0 m/s)2 = vi2 + 2*(-9.8 m/s2)*(91.5 m)
171. 0 m2/s2 = vi2 - 1793 m2/s2
172. 1793 m2/s2 = vi2
173. vi = 42.3 m/s
174. Now convert from m/s to mi/hr:
175. vi = 42.3 m/s * (2.23 mi/hr)/(1 m/s)
 176. vi = 94.4 mi/hr

Problem 1: From rest, a car accelerated at 8 m/s2 for 10 seconds.

a) What is the position of the car at the end of the 10 seconds?

b) What is the velocity of the car at the end of the 10 seconds?

Solution to Problem 1:

a) The car starts from rest therefore the initial speed u = 0. Nothing is said about the initial
position and we therefore assume it is equal to 0. Hence the position x is given by the
equation

x = (1/2) a t 2

where a is the acceleration (=8 m/s2) and t is the period of time between initial and final
positions

x = (1/2)8 (10)2 = 400 m

b) The velocity v of the car at the end of the 10 seconds is given by

v = a t = 8 * 10 = 80 m/s

Problem 2:

With an initial velocity of 20 km/h, a car accelerated at 8 m/s2 for 10 seconds.

a) What is the position of the car at the end of the 10 seconds?

b) What is the velocity of the car at the end of the 10 seconds?

Solution to Problem 2:

a) The car has an initial velocity of 20 km/h, therefore the initial speed u = 20 km/h. Nothing
 is said about the initial position and we therefore assume it is equal to 0. Hence the position
x is given by the equation

x = (1/2) a t 2 + u t

where a is the acceleration (=8 m/s2) and t is period of time between initial and final
positions and u is the initial velocity.

Since the time is given in seconds, we need to convert 20 km/h into m/s as follows:

20 * 1km 1000 m 1 hour

u = 20 km/h = 1 hour 1 km 3600 seconds
= 5.6 m/s

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We now have

x = (1/2) (8) 102 + 5.6*10 = 456 m

b) v = at + u = 8*10 + 5.6 = 85.6 m/s

Problem 3: A car accelerates uniformly from 0 to 72 km/h in 11.5 seconds.

a) What is the acceleration of the car in m/s2?

b) What is the position of the car by the time it reaches the velocity of 72 km/h?

Solution to Problem 3:
a) The acceleration a is a measure if the rate of change of the velocity within a period of
time. Hence

change in velocity v - u
u= change in time t 72 km/h - 0
11.5 seconds
= =

We now convert 72 km/h into m/s

72 * 1km 1000 m 1 hour

u = 72 km/h = 1 hour 1 km 3600 seconds
= 20 m/s
We now calculate the acceleration a

a = (20 m/s) / (11.5 s) = 1.74 m/s2 (approximetd)

b) Two ways to find the position x:

1) x = (1/2)(v + u) t or 2) x = (1/2) a t 2 + u t

1) We first use: x = (1/2)(v + u) t = 0.5*(20 m/s + 0)*11.5 = 115 m

2) We now use: (1/2) a t2 + u t = 0.5*1.74*(11.5) 2 + 0*t = 115 m

Problem 4: An object is thrown straight down from the top of a building at a speed of 20 m/s.
It hits the ground with a speed of 40 m/s.

a) How high is the building?

b) How long was the object in the air?

Solution to Problem 4:

a) We consider that the direction from ground up is the positive direction of the falling
object. We are given the initial (-20 m/s) and final velocities (-40 m/s); the minus sign was
added to take into account the fact that the falling object is moving in the negative direction.
We know the gravitational acceleration (g = - 9.8 m/s2) acting on the falling object and we
are asked to find the height of the building. If we consider the position of the object as being
x (wth x = 0 on the ground), then we may use the equation relating the initial and final
velocities u and v, the acceleration a and the initial (x0 which the height of the building) and
final (x, on the ground) positions as follows:

v2 = u2 + 2 a (x - x0)
(-40 m/s)2 = (-20 m/s)2 + 2 (-9.8 m/s0) (0 - x0)

Solve the above for x0

x0 = 1200 / 19.6 = 61.2 m

b) x - x0 = (1/2)(u + v)t

-61.2 = 0.5(-20 - 40)t

t = 61.2 / 30 = 2.04 s

Problem 5:

A train brakes from 40 m/s to a stop over a distance of 100 m.

a) What is the acceleration of the train?

b) How much time does it take the train to stop?

Solution to Problem 5:

a) We are given the initial velocity u = 40 m/s, the final velocity v = 0 (train stops) and the
distance. Hence the formula that relates these 3 quantities and the acceleration is given by

v2 = u2 + 2 a x

02 = 402 + 2 a (100)

Solve for the acceleration a

a = -1600 / 200 = - 8 m/s2

b) There two ways to find the time:

1) Use: x = (1/2)(v + u) t

100 = 0.5(0 + 40) t

Solve for t: t = 5 seconds.

2) Use x = (1/2) a t2 + ut

100 = 0.5 ( - 8) t2 + 40t

4 t2 - 40 t + 100 = 0

4 (t2 - 10 t + 25) = 0

4(t - 5)2 = 0

t = 5 seconds.

Problem 6: A boy on a bicycle increases his velocity from 5 m/s to 20 m/s in 10 seconds.

a) What is the acceleration of the bicycle?

b) What distance was covered by the bicycle during the 10 seconds?

Solution to Problem 6:

a) In this problem the initial velocity u = 5 m/s and the final velocity v = 20 m/s. The
acceleration a of the bicycle is the rate of change of the velocity and is given as follows

20 m/s - 5 m/s
v-u 10 seconds
a= t =
= 1.5 m/s2

b) There are two ways to find the distance covered by the bicyle in t = 10 seconds.

1) x = (1/2)(v + u) t = 0.5 (20 + 5) 10 = 125 m

2) x = (1/2) a t2 + u t = 0.5 * 1.5 * 100 + 5 * 10 = 125 m

Problem 7: a) How long does it take an airplane to take off if it needs to reach a speed on
the ground of 350 km/h over a distance of 600 meters (assume the plane starts from rest)?
b) What is the acceleration of the airplane over the 600 meters?

Solution to Problem 7:

a) In this problem the initial velocity u = 0 (assumed because it is not given) , the final
velocity v = 350 km/h and the distance x = 600 meters = 0.6 km

The relationship between the give quantities is:

x = (1/2)(v + u) t

0.6 = 0.5 (350 + 0) t

Solve for t

t = (0.6 / 175) hours = 12.3 seconds

b) The acceleration a of the airplane is given by

a = (v - u) / t = 350 km/h / 12.3 s

Convert 350 km/h into m/s

350 km/h = 350,000 m / 3,600 s = 97.2 m/s

a = 97.2 m/s / 12.3 s = 8 m/s2 (to the nearest unit)

Problem 8: Starting from a distance of 20 meters to the left of the origin and at a velocity of
10 m/s, an object accelerates to the right of the origin for 5 seconds at 4 m/s2. What is the
position of the object at the end of the 5 seconds of acceleration?

Solution to Problem 8:

a) In this problem, we may consider that the direction of the object is the positive direction
and the initial position x0 = -20 meters (to the left of the origin), the initial velocity u = 10 m/s,
the acceleration a = 4 m/s2 and the time is t = 5 seconds. The position is given by

x = (1/2) a t2 + u t + x0

= 0.5 * 4 * (5)2 + 10 * 5 - 20 = 80 meters to the right of the origin.

Problem 9: What is the smallest distance, in meters, needed for an airplane touching the
runway with a velocity of 360 km/h and an acceleration of -10 m/s2 to come to rest?

Solution to Problem 9:

a) In this problem the initial velocity u = 360 km/h, the final velocity v = 0 (rest) and the
acceleration a = -10 m/s2. The distance x can be calculated using the formula

v2 = u2 + 2 a x

Convert 360 km/h into m/s: 360 km/h = (360 000 m) /(3600 s) = 100 m/s

x = ( v2 - u2 ) / (2 a) = (0 - 10,000) / (-20) = 500 meters

Problem 10: To approximate the height of a water well, Martha and John drop a heavy rock
into the well. 8 seconds after the rock is dropped, they hear a splash caused by the impact
of the rock on the water. What is the height of the well. (Speed of sound in air is 340 m/s).

Solution to Problem 10:

a) In this problem we have:

1) a rock was dropped down the well and is uniformly accelerated downward due to gravity.
If h is the height of the well and t is the time taken by the rock to reach the bottom of the
well, then we have

h = (1/2)(9.8) t 2

2) After the splash, the sound travels up the well at a constant speed of 340 m/s. Again the
same height h of the well is given by

h = 340 *(8 - t) : 8 - t is the time taken for the sound to travel from bottom to top where the
sound is heard.

The above equations give:

(1/2)(9.8) t2 = 340 *(8 - t)

4.9 t2 + 340 t - 2720 = 0

Solve for t, two solutions:

t = 7.24 s and the second solution is negative and is not valid.

The height h of the well is calculated using one of the above equations:

h = 340 *(8 - t) = 340 *(8 - 7.24) = 257 meters (approximated to the the nearest meter)

Problem 11: A rock is thrown straight up and reaches a height of 10 m.

a) How long was the rock in the air?

b) What is the initial velocity of the rock?

Solution to Problem 11:

a) In this problem the rock has an initial velocity u. When the rock reaches a height of 10 m,
it returns down to earth and the the velocity v = 0 when x = 10 meters. Hence

v = -9.8 t + u
0 = -9.8 t + u

u = 9.8 t

x = (1/2)(u + v) t

10 = 0.5 (9.8 t + 0) t

= 4.9 t2

Solve for t: t = 1.42 seconds

b) u = 9.8 t = 9.8 * 1.24 = 14 m/s

Problem 12: A car accelerates from rest at 1.0 m/s2 for 20.0 seconds along a straight road .
It then moves at a constant speed for half an hour. It then decelerates uniformly to a stop in
30.0 s. Find the total distance covered by the car.

Solution to Problem 12:

a) The car goes through 3 stages:

stage 1: acceleration a = 1, initial velocity = 0, t = 20 s. Hence the distance x is given by

x = (1/2) a t2 = (1/2) (1) 202 = 200 meters

stage 2: constant speed v is the speed at the end of stage 1.

v = a t = 1 * 20 = 20 m/s

x = v t = 20 m/s * (1/2 hour) = 20 m/s * 1800 s = 36,000 meters

stage 3: deceleration to a stop, hence u = 20 m/s and v = 0 (stop)

x = (1/2)(u + v) t = (1/2)(20 + 0) 30 = 300 meters

total distance = 200 + 36,000 + 300 = 36,500 meters.