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    Chapter 2

    Motion in One Dimension

    1. What is the average velocity over the ″round trip″ of an object that is launched straight up from the
    ground and falls straight back down to the ground?
    Ans: The change in position for any "round trip" is zero by definition. So the average velocity for any
    round trip must also be zero.

    2. True/false: The displacement always equals the product of the average velocity and the time interval.
    Explain your choice.
    Ans: True. We can use the definition of average velocity to express the displacement Δx as Δx =
    vavΔt. Note that, if the acceleration is constant, the average velocity is also given by vav = (vi + vf)/2.

    3. Is the statement ″for an object’s velocity to remain constant, its acceleration must remain zero″ true
    or false? Explain your choice.
    Ans: True. The speed of an object is the magnitude of its velocity. Zero acceleration implies that the
    velocity is constant. If the velocity is constant (including zero), the speed must also be constant.

    4. A ball is thrown straight up. Neglect any effects due to air resistance. (a) What is the velocity of the
    ball at the top of its flight? (b) What is its acceleration at that point?
    Ans: (a) v =0
    (b) Note that the acceleration of the ball is the same at every point of its trajectory, including the
    point at which v = 0 (at the top of its flight). Hence a = − g

    5. An electron in a television tube travels the 16-cm distance from the grid to the screen at an average
    speed of 4.0 × 107 m/s. How long does the trip take?
    (b) An electron in a current-carrying wire travels at an average speed of 4.0 × 10–5 m/s. How long
    does it take to travel 16 cm?
    Ans: (a) 4 × 10-9 s.
    (b) 67min
    7. A runner runs 2.5 km, in a straight line, in 9.0 min and then takes 30 min to walk back to the starting
    point. (a) What is the runner’s average velocity for the first 9.0 min? (b) What is the average velocity for
    the time spent walking? (c) What is the average velocity for the whole trip? (d) What is the average speed
    for the whole trip?
    Ans: In this problem the runner is traveling in a straight line but not at constant speed - first she runs, then
    she walks. Let’s choose a coordinate system in which her initial direction of motion is taken as the
    positive x direction.
    (a) 0.28km/min
    (b) -83m/min
    (c) 0
    (d) 0.13km/min

    8. The speed of light, designated by the universally recognized symbol c, has a value, to two significant
    figures, of 3.0 × 108 m/s. (a) How long does it take for light to travel from the sun to the earth, a distance
    of 1.5 × 1011 m? (b) How long does it take light to travel from the Moon to Earth, a distance of 3.8 × 108
    m?
    Ans: (a) 5x102s
    (b) 1.3s

    9. A sports car accelerates in third gear from 48.3 km/h (about 30 mi/h) to 80.5 km/h (about 50 mi/h) in
    3.70 s. (a) What is the average acceleration of this car in m/s2? (b) If the car maintained this acceleration,
    how fast would it be moving one second later?
    Ans:(a)2.42m/s2
    (b) 89.2km/h

    10. An object is moving along the x axis. At t = 5.0 s, the object is at x = +3.0 m and has a velocity of
    +5.0 m/s. At t = 8.0 s, it is at x = +9.0 m and its velocity is –1.0 m/s. Find its average acceleration during
    the time interval 5.0 s ≤ t ≤ 8.0 s.
    Ans: -2m/s2

    11. A car traveling along the x axis starts from rest at x = 50 m and accelerates at a constant rate of 8.0
    m/s2. (a) How fast is it going after 10 s? (b) How far has it gone after 10 s? (c) What is its average
    velocity for the interval 0 ≤ t ≤ 10 s?
    (a)80m/s
    (b)0.4km
    (c) 40m/s

    12. An object traveling along the x axis with an initial velocity of +5.0 m/s has a constant acceleration of
    +2.0 m/s2. When its speed is 15 m/s, how far has it traveled?
    Ans: 50m

    13. An object traveling along the x axis at constant acceleration has a velocity of +10 m/s when it is at x =
    6.0 m and of +15 m/s when it is at x = 10 m. What is its acceleration?
    Ans:16m/s2

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