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BENHA UNIVERSITY
Faculty of Computers and Information
Course Code: BSC 125 Course Title: Physics I
Dr/ Ahmad Taher
Assignment 2
1. For Figure 1
A particle moves along the x axis. Its position varies with time
according to the expression x = -4t + 2t2, where x is in meters
and t is in seconds.
The position–time graph for this motion is shown in Figure 1a.

Because the position of the particle is given by a mathematical
function, the motion of the particle is completely known, unlike
that of the car in Active Figure 1. Notice that the particle moves
in the negative x direction for the first second of motion, is
momentarily at rest at the moment t = 1 s, and moves in the
positive x direction at times t > 1 s.
(A) Determine the displacement of the particle in the time

intervals t = 0 s to t = 1 s and t = 1 s to t = 3 s.
(B) Calculate the average velocity during these two time

intervals.
(C) Find the instantaneous velocity of the particle at t = 2.5 s.
2. A scientist is studying the biomechanics of the human body. She determines the velocity of an
experimental subject while he runs along a straight line at a constant rate. The scientist starts the
stopwatch at the moment the runner passes a given point and stops it after the runner has passed
another point 20 m away. The time interval indicated on the stopwatch is 4.0 s.
(A) What is the runner’s velocity?

(B) If the runner continues his motion after the stopwatch is stopped, what is his position after 10 s
has passed?
3. An elevator is initially stationary, then moves upward, and then stops as shown in Fig. 2.
Plot velocity versus time and the acceleration versus time.
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Figure 2
4. The velocity of a particle moving along the x axis varies according to the expression:
vx = 40 5t2,
where vx is in meters per second and t is in seconds.
(A) Find the average acceleration in the time interval t = 0 to t = 2.0 s.

(B) Determine the acceleration at t = 2.0 s.
5. A jet lands on an aircraft carrier at a speed of 140 mi/h (< 63 m/s).
(A) What is its acceleration (assumed constant) if it stops in 2.0 s due to an arresting cable that
snags the jet and brings it to a stop?
(B) If the jet touches down at position xi = 0, what is its final position?
6. A car traveling at a constant speed of 45.0 m/s passes a trooper on a motorcycle hidden behind
a billboard. One second after the speeding car passes the billboard, the trooper sets out from the
billboard to catch the car, accelerating at a constant rate of 3.00 m/s2.
How long does it take her to overtake the car?
Figure 3
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7. A stone thrown from the top of a building is given an initial velocity of 20.0 m/s straight
upward. The stone is launched 50.0 m above the ground, and the stone just misses the edge of the
roof on its way down as shown in Figure 4.
Figure 4
(A) Using t A = 0 as the time the stone leaves the thrower’s hand at position A, determine the time at
which the stone reaches its maximum height.
(B) Find the maximum height of the stone.
(C) Determine the velocity of the stone when it returns to the height from which it was thrown.
(D) Find the velocity and position of the stone at t = 5.00 s.
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8. A position–time graph for a particle moving along the x axis is shown in Figure 5
(A) Find the average velocity in the time interval t = 1.50 s to t = 4.00 s.
(B) Determine the instantaneous velocity at t = 2.00 s by measuring the slope of the tangent line
shown in the graph.
(C) At what value of t is the velocity zero?
Figure 5
9. A baseball is hit so that it travels straight upward after being struck by the bat. A fan observes
that it takes 3.00 s for the ball to reach its maximum height. Find
(A) The ball’s initial velocity and

(B) The height it reaches.
Figure 6
10. A student throws a set of keys vertically upward to her sorority sister, who is in a window
4.00 m above. The second student catches the keys 1.50 s later.
(A) With what initial velocity were the keys thrown?

(B) What was the velocity of the keys just before they were caught?

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BENHA UNIVERSITY

Faculty of Computers and Information

Course Code: BSC 125 Course Title: Physics I

Dr/ Ahmad Taher

The position–time graph for this motion is shown in Figure 1a.

(A) Determine the displacement of the particle in the time

(B) Calculate the average velocity during these two time

(C) Find the instantaneous velocity of the particle at t = 2.5 s.

(A) What is the runner’s velocity?

(A) Find the average acceleration in the time interval t = 0 to t = 2.0 s.

5. A jet lands on an aircraft carrier at a speed of 140 mi/h (< 63 m/s).

How long does it take her to overtake the car?

(A) The ball’s initial velocity and

(A) With what initial velocity were the keys thrown?

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