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KINEMATICS - SHEET: 5(LECTURE–6)

LEVEL – I
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1. Position vector of a particle moving in xy plane at time t is r  a 1  cos t  i  a sin tj. Determine the path of
the particle

2. The position vector of a particle is given by


r  (3) tiˆ  (2) t 2 ˆj  4 m kˆ
Where t is the time in second.
(a) Find the velocity and acceleration of the particle as a function of time.
(b) What is the magnitude and direction of velocity of the particle at t = 2.0s?
3. A particle starts from the origin at time, t = 0 with a velocity of 10.0 ĵ m/s and moves in the x-y plane with a
constant acceleration of (8.0iˆ  2.0ˆj) m/s .
2

(a) At what time is the x-coordinate of the particle 16 m? What is the y-coordinate of the particle at that time?
(b) What is the speed of the particle when its x co-ordinate is 16 m.

4. A particle starts from the origin of coordinates at time t = 0 and moves in the xy plane with a constant
acceleration  in the y-direction. Its equation of motion is y = x2. Find its velocity component in the x-direction

5. If R is the range for an angle of projection of 15 with the horizontal, then the other angle of projection for
which the range is R, is
(A) 75 (B) 60
(C) 45 (D) 30

6. An object is thrown along a direction inclined at an angle of 45 with the horizontal direction. The horizontal
range of the particle is
(A) four times the vertical height (B) thrice the vertical height
(C) twice the vertical height (D) equal to vertical height

7. A projectile thrown with a velocity v at an angle  has a range R on the surface of earth. For same v and , its
range on the surface of moon will be
(A) 36 R (B) R/36
(C) R/6 (D) 6R

8. If air resistance is ignored, then the horizontal motion of the oblique projectile takes place at
(A) uniform acceleration (B) variable acceleration
(C) uniform acceleration (D) uniform velocity

9. A ball is projected with kinetic energy K at an angle of 45 to the horizontal. At the highest point during its
flight, its kinetic energy will be
(A) K (B) K / 2
(C) K/2 (D) zero

1 1
10. A particle moves along positive branch of the curve where y = ax and x = bt3 ( a  & b  ).
2 3
x and y are measured in metres and t in seconds, then
1 1
(A) the velocity of particle at t = 1 s is ˆi  ˆj (B) the velocity of particle at t = 1 s is ˆi  ˆj
2 2
(C) the acceleration of particle at t = 2 s is 2i  j (D) the acceleration of particle at t = 2 s is ˆi  2jˆ
ˆ ˆ

LEVEL - II
2
1. A particle moves in x-y plane with a constant acceleration of 1.5 m/s in the direction making an angle of 37°
with the x-axis. At t = 0 the particle is at the origin and its velocity is 8.0 m/s along the x-axis. Find the velocity
and the position of the particle at t = 4.0s.

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2. A healthy Youngman standing at a distance of 7m from a 11.8m high building sees a kid slipping from the top
floor. With what speed (assuming uniform) should be run to catch the kid at the arms height (1.8 m)?

3. An NCC parade is going at a uniform speed of 7.2 km/h through a place under a berry tree of height 20 m, on
which a bird is sitting. At the instant when the first cadet reaches under the tree the bird drops a berry. Which
cadet will receive the berry on his boot. Separation between any two consecution cadet is 0.4 m.
(Take g = 10 m/s2)
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4. Two particles, 1 and 2, move with constant velocities V1 and V2 . At the initial moment their radius vectors are
 
equal to r1 and r2 . How these four vectors be inter related for the particles to collide?

2
5. A particle moving in the positive x-direction has initial velocity v0. The particle undergoes retardation kv ,
where v is its instantaneous velocity. Find the velocity of the particle as a function of time

6. A point moves in the x-y plane according to the law x = at, y = at (1 - t), where a and  are positive constant,
and t is time. Find:
(a) the equationof the points trajectory y(x);

plot this function;
(b) the velocity v and the acceleration w of the point as function of time;
(c) the moment at which the velocity vector forms an angle /4 with the acceleration vector.
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7. A particle moves in the xy plane with constant acceleration w directed along the negative y axis. The
2
equation of motion of the particle has the form y = ax – bx , where a and b are positive constants. Find the
velocity of the particle at the origin.
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8. A particle is moving in the x-y plane. At t = 0,it is located at the origin O (0, 0) and its velocity is v  a( 3iˆ  ˆj)
where a is a positive constant and ˆi, ˆj are unit vectors in the positive x and positive y direction. Its

acceleration is constant and given by f   (iˆ  ˆj) . In its subsequent motion (t  0) find the time it will cross the
x-axis
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9. A particle moves in xy plane. The position vector of particle at any time t is r   2t  i   2t 2  j . Find the rate of
 
change of  as a function of time and calculate its value at t = 2 second here  is the angle which its velocity
vector makes with positive x-axis.

10. When two particles, moving in x-y plane meet, their co-ordinates
Y
are same. A particle A moves on the line y = 30m with a constant 
 v
velocity v = 3.0 m/s î . At the instant particle A passes the y-axis, A
particle B leaves the origin with a negligible initial speed and a

constant acceleration a of magnitude 0.40 m/s2. Find the
directions (in terms of angle ) the acceleration of the particle B, 
so that it will meet the particle A. a


O X

11. The velocity of a particle moving in the positive x direction varies as v x = x, where  is a positive constant.
Assuming that at the moment t = 0 the particle was located at the point x = 0, find:
(a) The velocity v x and ax acceleration as a function of time.
(b) The mean velocity of the particle for the time that the particle takes to cover the first s metres of the path.

12. A particle moves rectilinearly with acceleration ax = -kv x , where k is a positive constant. At the initial moment,
the velocity of the point is equal to vo.
(a) What distance will it traverse before it stops?
(b) What time will it take to cover the above calculated distance?

13. A body is projected at time t = 0 from a certain point on earth’s surface (assumed horizontal) with a certain
velocity at a certain angle. The horizontal and vertical displacements x and y (in metre) respectively vary with
2
time t in second as, x = (10 3 m / s)t and y = (10) t – (1) t . Calculate the maximum height attained by the
body

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14. A particle is moving along a straight line and its distance ‘s’ from a fixed point on that line is given by the
2
equation s = at - bt , where a = 20 m/s and b = 5 m/s2 and t is time in second. Calculate, (i) the displacement
of the particle in the time intervals from 0 to 1.5 s and from 0 to 3s. (ii) the average velocities of the particle in
the time intervals from 0 to 2s and from 0 to 4s. (iii) the average speeds of the particle in the time intervals
from 0 to 2s and from 0 to 4s. (iv) In which time interval the value of average speed of the particle is equal to
the magnitude of its average velocity. Also explain why it is so. (v) Is average acceleration of the particle same
over any time interval? If yes, then explain why it is so.
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15. A particle moves along a curve y = ax2 and x = bt2 where a = m1 and b  . x and y are measured in metre
2 2
and t in seconds. At t = 2 sec, find the velocity of the particle

16. The displacement (x) of a particle depends on time (t) as

x = () t2 – () t3
(A) the particle will return to its starting point after time / s
(B) The particle will come to rest after time (2  / 3 )s
(C) The initial velocity of the particle was zero but its initial acceleration was not zero.
(D) Not net force will act on the particle at t = ( / 3 ) s

17. A particle moves in the x-y plane with a velocity v x = (8) t  2 and vy = 2. If it passes through the point x = 14
and y = 4 at t = 2 s, the equation of the path is
2 2 2
(A) x = y  y + 2 (B) x = y + 2 (C) x = y + 2 (D) x = y + y + 2
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18. A particle is moving in the xy–plane with the position as a function of time given by r(t)  x(t)iˆ  y(t)jˆ . The
 
origin is at r  o . The particle is definitely moving towards origin when
(A) v x  0, v y  0 (B) v x  0,v y  0 (C) xv x  yv y  0 (D) xv x  yv y  0 .

19. Two particle A and B start simultaneously from the same point and move in a horizontal plane. A has an initial
velocity u1 due east and acceleration a1 due north. B has an initial velocity u2 due north and acceleration a2
due east.
(A) Their paths must intersect at some point.
(B) They must collide at some point
(C) They will collide only if a1u1 = a2u2
(D) If u1  u2 and a1  a2, the particles will have the same speed at some point of time.

KINEMATICS – SHEET – 5(LECTURE–6)

ANSWERS
LEVEL - I
2 2 2
1.  
a circle x  a  y  a
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2. (a) V(t)  (3.0iˆ  4.0tj)
ˆ

a(t)   4.0ˆj
(b) 8.54 m/s, 70° with x-axis.
3. (a) 2s, 24m, 21.26 m/s

4.
2
5. (A) q = (90° - 15°) = 75°.
v2 v 2 sin2 45° v 2
6. (A) R = , hmax = =
g 2g 4g
Clearly, R = 4 hmax.
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7. (D) R µ ×g is reduced by a factor of 6 on the moon.
g
8. (D) The only force acting on a projectile is the force of gravity which acts vertically downwards. It has no
horizontal component. So, horizontal motion of the oblique projectile takes place at uniform velocity.

2 K
9. (C) Kinetic energy at highest point = K cos 45° = .
2
10. A

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LEVEL - II
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1. v = (12.8 ˆi  3.6ˆj) m / s , v = 13.3 m/s,   tan1   , (x, y)  (41.6m, 7.2 m)
 32 
2. 4.9 m/s
th
3. 11
   
(r1  r2 ) (v1  v 2 )
4.     
| r1  r2 | | v1  v 2 |
5. v = v0/(1 + kv0t)
x 2
6. (a) y  x  ;
a
(b) v  a 1  (1  2t)2 ,   2a  const;
1
(c) t 0 

Y

a
4

O
a aX
2 

7. V0  (1  a2 ) / 2b
8. t = 2a
2
9. rad / s
17

10. 30°
2 t 2  s
11. (i) v x  , ax  (ii)
2 2 2
12. 2s, 38 m
13. 25 m
14. (i) 18.75 m (0 to 1.5 sec), 15 m (0 to 3 sec) (ii) 10 m/s, 0 m/s (iii) 10 m/s, 10 m/s
(iv) between 0-4 sec to 0-2 sec
15  
2iˆ  4ˆj m/s

16. A, B, C, D 17. A 18. C

19. A, C, D

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SOLUTIONS

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18. v(t)  v x (t)iˆ  v y (t)jˆ
If particle is moving towards the origin then
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r(t) and v(t) must be antiparallel.
This means
   
r (t).v(t) | r(t ) || v ( t) cos180
 
 xv x  yv y   | r(t) | | v ( t) |
 xv x  yv y  0 .
dv
19. a
dt
t v
dv dv
kv 2   ,  kdt   
dt 0 v0
v2
1 1
kt  
v0 v
v0
v
1  kv 0 t

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