A small package is released from rest at A and

moves along the skate wheel conveyor ABCD.

The package has a uniform acceleration of
4.8 mls2 as it moves down sections AB and CD,
and its velocity is constant between Band C. If
the velocity of the package at D is 7.2 mis,
determine (a) the distance d between C and D,
(b) the time required for the package to reach D.

SOLUTION

(a) For A~B

and C~D
we have v2 =v5 +2a(x-xo)
Then,
atB v~c = 0 + 2(4.8 mls2)(3 - 0) m
= 28.8 m2/s2 (vBC = 5.3666 mls)

and atD 2 2
vD = vBC + 2aCD(xD - xc) d=Xd -xc

(7.2 mlS)2 =(28.8 m2/s2)+2(4.8 mls2)d

,t or
or d = 2.40 m .••••
(b) For A~B
and C~D,
we have v=vo +at
Then A~B
5.3666 mls=0+(4.8 mlS2)tAB

or tAB = 1.11804 s

and C~D 7.2 mls=5.3666 mls+(4.8 mlS2)tCD

or tCD =0.38196 S

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 A police officer in a patrol car parked in a 70 km/h speed zone obsem:s a passing automobik traveling at a
slow, constant speed. Believing that the driver of the automobile might be intoxicated, the officer starts his
car. accelerates uniformly to 90 km/h in 8 s, and, maintaining a constant velocity of 90 km/h, overtakes the
motorist 42 s after the automobile passed him. Knowing that 18 s elapsed before the officer began pursuing
the motorist, dl~termine (a) the distance the officer traveled before overtaking the motorist, (b) the motorist's
spet:d.

,_._--------------------------------- ----~-----------_. __ ._.-

I SOLUTION
I

(a) Patrol car:

for 18 s < t ::.s 26 s:

X
p
::::0+O(t-18)-..!..ap(t -18)2
2

(Xp )42 = 100 m + (25 m/s)(42 - 26)s

=500m

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 In a boat race, boat A is leading boat B by 120 ft
and both boats are traveling at a constant speed
of 105 mi/h. At t = 0, the boats accelerate at
constant rates. Knowing that when B passes A,
t = 8 s and vA = 135 milh, determine (a) the
acceleration of A, (b) the acceleration of B.

(VA)O = 105 mi/h = 154 ft/s

VA = 135 milh = 198 ft/s

198 ft/s=154 ft/s+aA(8s)

120 ft+(l54 ftls)(8s) +.l(5.50 ft/s2)(8s)2

2
= (154 ft/s)(8 s) + -a1 (8 B S)2
2

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 Two automobiles A and B are approaching
each other in adjacent highway lanes. At
t = 0, A and Bare 1 km apart, their speeds
are VA == 108 km/h and VB == 63 kmJh, and
they are at Points P and Q, respectively.
Knowing that A passes Point Q 40 s after B
was there and that B passes Point P 42 s
after A was there, determine (a) the
uniform accelerations of A and B, (b) when
the vehicles pass each other, (c) the speed
of B at that time.

1000 m == (30 m/s)(40 s)+~a4(40 S)2

2 .

1
1000 m == (17.5 m/s)(42 s) + -aB(42 S)2
2

0.05045t~B + 95t3B - 2000 =0

t = 20.822 sand t = -1904 s

t>O~tw ~20.8 ~~j

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 VB = 17.5 m1s + (0.30045 m1s2)(20.822 s)
=23.756 m1s

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 Two blocks A and B are placed on an incline as shown. At
t = 0, A is projected up the incline with an initial velocity
of 27 fils and B is released from rest. The blocks pass each
other 1 s later, and B reaches the bottom of the incline
when t = 3.4 s. Knowing that the maximum distance from
the bottom of the incline reached by block A is 21 fi and
that the accelerations of A and B (due to gravity and
friction) are constant and are directed down the incline,
determine (a) the accelerations of A and B, (b) the distance d,
(c) the speed of A when the blocks pass each other.

1 2
XB =O+Ot+-aBt
2

At t=3.4 s,xB =d:

Thus (XA)I + (XB)I = (xBh4

[(27 ft/s)(l S)+~(-17.3571 2 S)2]

fi/s )(1

1
+ [ '2aB(l st~] ='2aB(3.4
1
st ry

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