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    This document contains 17 physics questions about kinematics, including: - Motion with constant acceleration such as a car accelerating or a bus braking. - Free fall motion and calculating speeds and distances of falling objects. - Projectile motion problems involving shells or objects being fired/thrown at an angle. - Relative motion problems involving objects moving relative to other objects like rain falling relative to a moving car. The questions involve calculating values like acceleration, speed, time, distance, and velocity in one or two dimensions.

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    This document contains 17 physics questions about kinematics, including: - Motion with constant acceleration such as a car accelerating or a bus braking. - Free fall motion and calculating speeds and distances of falling objects. - Projectile motion problems involving shells or objects being fired/thrown at an angle. - Relative motion problems involving objects moving relative to other objects like rain falling relative to a moving car. The questions involve calculating values like acceleration, speed, time, distance, and velocity in one or two dimensions.

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    Mechanics Chapter 1: Kinematics N T H Van

    Question 1: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    A car starts from rest and accelerates uniformly. After 5.0 s, its speed is 20.0 m/s.
    (a) What is the acceleration of the car?
    (b) What is its speed after 2.0 s?
    (c) What is the distance travelled in the first 2.0 s?
    Question 2: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    A bus was travelling at 20 m/s when the driver saw an obstacle in the middle of the road
    120 m ahead. The reaction time of the driver is 0.6 s. During this interval of 0.6 s, the
    bus was travelling at 20 m/s. After the brakes were applied, the bus travelled a distance
    of 100 m before stopping.
    (a) Calculate the distance travelled by the bus during the reaction time of the driver.
    (b) Calculate the deceleration of the bus.
    (c) Explain whether the bus collided into the obstacle.
    Question 3: Free fall motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    An object drops from the top of a building and takes 5.0 s to reach the ground. The
    acceleration of free fall is 10 m/s2 .
    (a) What is the speed of the object after 1.0 s; 2.0 s and 5.0 s?
    (b) What is the distance travelled after:
    • in the first second
    • in the next second?
    (c) What is the height of the building?
    Question 4: Free fall motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    A bullet is fired vertically upwards from a gun with an initial speed of 100 m/s. The
    acceleration of free fall is 10 m/s2 .
    (a) What is the speed of the bullet after 1.0 s?
    (b) What is the time taken for the speed to decrease to zero?
    (c) What is the speed of the bullet when it reaches the highest point?
    (d) What is the average speed of the bullet for the whole journey upwards?
    (e) what is the maximum height reached by the bullet?
    Question 5: Effect of air resistance to free fall motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    Without opening his parachute, a sky diver jumbs from a plane
    • Describe the motion of the sky diver as he falls through the air.
    • Explain why he has to spread himself wide.
    Explain why he is able to safely after the parachute opened ?
    Mechanics Chapter 1: Kinematics N T H Van

    Question 6: Effect of air resistance to free fall motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


    The variation of the velocity v of an object falling in air with time t is shown in the table
    t(s) 0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0
    v m/s 0 9.5 15.0 19.0 21.5 23.0 23.0
    (a) Calculate the average acceleration of the object
    • from t = 0 to t = 1.0 s
    • from t = 1.0 s to t= 2.0 s
    Explain the difference between the acceleration in (a) above for two cases.
    (c) What is the terminal velocity?
    Sketch an acceleration-time graph for the motion of the object.
    Question 7: Graphical analysis of motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    The figure denotes velocity−time graph. Displacement is equal to:
    velocity
    A B

    C
    O x1 x2 x3 time

    A. y(x1 + x2 + x3 )
    B. y(x3 − x1 )
    C. y(x3 − x2 − x1
    y
    D. (x3 + x2 − x1 )
    2
    Question 8: Graphical analysis of motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    A body starting from rest moves along a straight line with a constant acceleration. The
    variation of speed ν with distance s is represented by the graph?
    v v v

    A. s B. s C. s

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    D. s

    Question 9: Graphical analysis of motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


    The displacement time graph of a particle moving along a straight line is drawn below.
    The acceleration of the particle during the regions OP, PQ, and QR correspond:
    displacement
    R

    P
    Q

    O time
    A. − 0 +
    B. + 0 +
    C. + 0 −
    D. − 0 −
    Question 10: Speed trap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    In a speed trap, two pressure-activated strips are placed 120 m apart on a highway on
    which the speed limit is 85 km/h. A driver going 110 km/h notices a police car just as
    he/she activates the first strip, and immediately slows down. What deceleration is needed
    so that the car’s average speed is within the speed limit when the car crosses the second
    strip?

    Question 11: Projectile motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


    A shell is fired from the ground with an initial speed of 1.70 × 103 (m/s) (approximately
    five times the speed of sound) at an initial angle of 55.0◦ to the horizontal. Neglecting
    air resistance, find
    (a) the shell horizontal range
    (b) the amount of time the shell is in motion.

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    Question 12: Projectile motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


    A daredevil is shot out of a cannon at 45.0◦ to the horizontal with an initial speed of
    25.0 (m/s). A net is positioned at a horizontal distance of 50.0 (m) from the cannon
    from which it is shot. At what height above the cannon should the net be placed in order
    to catch the daredevil?

    Question 13: Galileo’s experiment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


    Legend has it that Gallileo tested out his newly developed theory of projectile motion by
    throwing weights from the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. (No wonder he eventually
    got into trouble with the authorities!) Suppose that, one day, Gallileo simultaneously
    threw two equal weights off the tower from a height of 100 m above the ground. Suppose,
    further, that he dropped the first weight straight down, whereas he threw the second
    weight horizontally with a velocity of 5 m/s. Neglect the effect of air resistance, find:
    (a) Which weight struck the ground first?
    (b) How long, after it was thrown, did it take to do this?
    (c) What horizontal distance was traveled by the second weight before it hit the ground?

    Question 14: Cannon shot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


    A cannon placed on a 50 m high cliff fires a cannonball over the edge of the cliff at
    v = 200 m/s making an angle of θ = 30◦ to the horizontal. How long is the cannonball
    in the air? Neglect air resistance.

    Question 15: Hail Mary pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


    Chris Simms launches a Hail Mary pass into the end-zone, 60 yards away, where B.J.
    Johnson is waiting to make the catch. Suppose that Chris throws the ball at55 miles per
    hour. At what angle to the horizontal must the ball be launched in order for it to hit the
    receiver? Neglect the effect of air resistance.
    Question 16: Relative velocity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    A car travel due East with a speed of 50 km/h. Rain is falling vertically with respect to
    Earth. The traces of the rain on the side windows of the car make an angle of 60.0◦ with
    the vertical. Find the velocity (including the magnitude and the direction) of the rain
    with respect to the following:
    (a) the car,
    (b) Earth.

    Question 17: Relative velocity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


    An escalator is 20.0 m long. If a person stands on the escalator, it takes 50.0 s to ride
    from the bottom to the top.
    (a) If a person walks up the moving escalator with a speed of 0.500 m/s relative to the
    escalator, how long does it take the person to get to the top?

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    (b) If a person walks down the “up” escalator with the same relative speed as in item
    (a). How long does it take to reach the bottom?

    Question 18: Flight UA589 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


    United Airlines flight UA589 from Chicago is 20 miles due North of Austin’s Bergstrom
    airport. Suppose that the plane is flying at 200 mi/h relative to the air. Suppose, further,
    that there is a wind blowing due East at 60 mi/h. Towards which compass bearing must
    the plane steer in order to land at the airport?

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