Quiz 1 Physics 121

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1) If you start from the Bakery, travel to the Cafe, and then to the Art Gallery, what is your displacement? In Km. A) 6.5South D) 9.0North B) 2.5South E) 1.5South C)10.5North

2) The graph shows the motion of two objects A and B. Do A and B ever have the same speed? If so, at what time. a) Yes at time t = 0. b) Yes at time t = 2sec c) Yes at time t = 4sec d) No they have different speeds. e) No clue!

3) The position of a particle as a function of time is given as; x = -6 + 3 t2. Find the average velocity [in m/sec] of the particle from t = 1. to t = 3sec; a) 12 b) 21 c) -3 d) 6 e) 9 f) not enough info

4) The figure shows the velocity-versus-time graph for a basketball player traveling up and down the court in a straight-line path. Find the displacement (in meter) of the player for each of the segments A, B, C and D. A__________ B_________ C__________ D__________

5) If a vector has components Ax < 0, and Ay > 0, then the angle that this vector makes with the positive x-axis must be in the range A) 0 to 90 B) 90 to 180 C) 180 to 270 D) 270 to 360