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Quiz No. 3 1. In the Netherlands, there is an annual ice-skating race called the Tour of the Ele en To!ns." The total distance of the course is #.$$ %1$ # km, and the record time for co ering it is & h, '$ min, () s. a. Calculate the a erage s*eed of the record race. b. If the first half of the distance is co ered +y a skater mo ing !ith a s*eed of 1.$&v, !here v is the a erage s*eed found in ,a-, ho! long !ill it take to skate the first half. E%*ress your ans!er in hours and minutes. /olution:

#. The tallest roller coaster in the !orld is the 0es*erado in Ne ada. It has a lift height of 1' m. If an archer shoots an arro! straight u* in the air and the arro! *asses the to* of the roller coaster (.$ s after the arro! is shot, !hat is the initial s*eed of the arro!.

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(. The highest s*eed achie ed +y a standard nonracing s*orts car is (.&$ % 1$ # km2h. 3ssuming that the car accelerates at '.$$ m2s #, ho! long !ould this car take to reach its ma%imum s*eed if it is initially at rest. 4hat distance !ould the car tra el during this time.

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'. The distance record for someone riding a motorcycle on its rear !heel !ithout sto**ing is more than (#$ km. /u**ose the rider in this unusual situation tra els !ith an initial s*eed of 5.$ m2s +efore s*eeding u*. The rider then tra els '$.$ m at a constant acceleration of #.$$ m2s#. 4hat is the rider6s s*eed after the acceleration.

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&. In a 1751 +icycle race, 8red 9arkham rode his +icycle a distance of #.$$ % 1$ # m !ith an a erage s*eed of 1$&.' km2h. 9arkham and the +icycle started the race !ith a certain initial s*eed. a. 8ind the time it took 9arkham to co er #.$$ % 1$# m b. /u**ose a car mo es from rest under constant acceleration.4hat is the magnitude of the car6s acceleration if the car is to finish the race at e%actly the same time 9arkham finishes the race. /olution: