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Practice With Kinematic Equations (ws#2)

1. The document provides examples of using kinematic equations to solve physics problems involving displacement, velocity, and acceleration. 2. Six sample problems are worked through step-by-step, applying equations like the kinematic equations for displacement (x=vi*t + 1/2*a*t^2), velocity (vf=vi+a*t), and acceleration due to gravity (g=-9.8 m/s^2) to calculate values like displacement, velocity, time, and gravitational acceleration. 3. The examples cover motions like constant acceleration, projectile motion, and free fall on Earth and Mars.

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Practice With Kinematic Equations (ws#2)

1. The document provides examples of using kinematic equations to solve physics problems involving displacement, velocity, and acceleration. 2. Six sample problems are worked through step-by-step, applying equations like the kinematic equations for displacement (x=vi*t + 1/2*a*t^2), velocity (vf=vi+a*t), and acceleration due to gravity (g=-9.8 m/s^2) to calculate values like displacement, velocity, time, and gravitational acceleration. 3. The examples cover motions like constant acceleration, projectile motion, and free fall on Earth and Mars.

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Practice with Kinematic Equations (ws#2):

AAP AP VERSION: d = x

1. Alex, a skateboard rider, starts from rest and accelerates at a constant +0.50 m/s2 for 8.4
s. What is Spencer's displacement during this time?

Knowns / Unknowns Equation used: Show work: Answer (with units)

a= (+0.50m/s2) x=1/2at2 x=1/2(+0.50m/s2)(8.4s)2 17.6 m = 18m


t=8.4 s
x=?

2. A student drops a penny from the top of the Mall of Georgia atrium and it hits the floor of
the food court 3.6 s later. What is the displacement of the penny?

Knowns / Unknowns Equation used: Show work: ____________Answer (with units)

Vi = 0 m/s x=Vi t + 1/2gt2 x = (0m/s)(3.6s) + 1/2(-9.8m/s2)(3.6s)2


t= 3.6 s
x=? x = 1/2(-9.8m/s2)(3.6s)2
free fall – vertical drop x = 0 + (-63.5m) - 64 m or
so acceleration due 64 m towards earth
to gravity a=g=-9.8m/s2

(The fact that it is a vertical drop so you know g- acceleration due to gravity is 10 m/s2 or you can
use 9.8m/s2. The force of gravity is down so your value should carry a negative sign to indicate
direction).
You know: Vi ,time and acceleration so use the equation: x=Vi t + 1/2gt2

3. A rolling ball has an initial velocity of -1.63 m/s.


a. If the ball accelerates at a constant rate of -0.33 m/s2, what is its velocity after 3.6s?

Knowns / Unknowns Equation used: Show work: Answer (with units)

Vi = (-1.63 m/s) Vf = Vi + at Vf = (-1.63 m/s) + (-0.33m/s2)(3.6s)


a = -0.33m/s2 = -2.82 m/s
t = 3.6 s -2.8 m/s

b. If this acceleration occurs for another 2.8s, what is the ball's final velocity?

Knowns / Unknowns Equation used: Show work: Answer (with units)


time from above 3.6 s + 2.8s (from b) = 6.4s t= 6.4s
a = -0.33m/s2 Vf = Vi + at Vf = (-1.63 m/s) + (-0.33m/s2)(6.4s)
Vi = (-1.63 m/s) = -3.74 m/s -3.7 m/s
4. A toy rocket is shot straight up into the air with an initial speed of 45.0m/s.
a. How long does it take the rocket to reach its highest point?
Knowns / Unknowns Equation used: Show work: Answer (with units)

Vf = 0 m/s use: Vf = Vi + gt Vf = (0m/s – 45 m/s) = 4.59 seconds


Vi = 45 m/s solve for time -9.8 m/s2
g = -9.8 m/
t = Vf – Vi
g
(acceleration due to gravity is a constant and is not used in determining significant figures. Only use data that was
taken as measurements in the word problem. In this case 45.0 )

b. How HIGH does the rocket rise above the ground? (at the max. height velocity = 0 m/s)

Knowns / Unknowns Equation used: Show work: Answer (with units)

Vf = 0.0 m/s2 Vf2 = Vi2 + 2gx x = (0.0 m/s2 – 45 m/s) 2 + 104m


2g
Rearrange to solve for x
g = -9.8 m/s2 x= Vf2 – Vi2
2g

5. How long is Tina, the ballerina, in the air when she leaps straight up with a speed of 1.8
m/s?

Knowns / Unknowns Equation used: Show work: Answer (with units)

Vf = 0.0 m/s2 t = Vf – Vi t = [0m/s2 -(-1.8 m/s2)] 0.18 s


g -10.0m/s2
Vi = 1.8 m/s2 - (total time is 2(0.18s)
g = -10 m/s2 0.36s.

6. NASA is currently making plans to land a human on Mars. If you were the first explorer
and discovered that when you dropped a hammer it took 0.68 seconds to fall 0.90 m to the
ground, what would you calculate for the gravitational acceleration on Mars?

Knowns / Unknowns Equation used: Show work: Answer (with units)


d = 0.90 m x = 1/2gt2 2(0.90m) = 3.9 m/s 2
t = 0.68 rearrange to (0.68 s) 2
g = 2x
t2 -
3.9 m/s 2

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