Physics 71 TWHFU-U5

Problem Set 1
Due: February 5, 2015
Instructions: Solve each problem in a clean sheet of 1/2 crosswise yellow pad. I will give deductions to those who do
otherwise. Please provide detailed solutions
solution and box your final answers.. Note that only 1 out of the 3 problems will be
collected at random.
1.. Two BMXs that are 20 km apart are travelling towards each other both with a constant speed of 10 km/hr. A
daredevil idiotic fly (Sathanasi tangakase langawensis) begins flying from one front wheel to the
th other at a constant
speed of 30 km/hr. When it gets to the wheel, it abruptly turns around and flies back to touch the first wheel, and then
turns around and keeps repeating the back and forth trip until the bikes meet and splat! How many kilometers did the
fly travel in its total back and forth trips before it met its untimely, ultimate demise? (Hint: My brother was able to do
this mentally!)

one-dimensional
dimensional road) from GMA to SM Megam
Megamall,
2. You drive along EDSA (let's assume for simplicity that EDSA is a one
half the time at 55 km/hr and the other half at 90 km/hr. On the way back, you travel half the distance at 55 km/hr and
the other half at 90 km/hr. What is your average speed (a) from GMA to SM Megamall, (b) from SM Megamall back to
GMA, and (c) for the
he entire trip? (d) What is your average velocity for the entire trip? (e) Sketch x vs t for the situation in
(a), assuming the motion is all in the positive x direction.
3. Kitchan (a contraction of Kitten-chan
chan and a wordplay on Kitchen), the drowsy albeit
it cute cat spots a flowerpot that
was thrown first up and then down past an open window. The pot is in view for a total of 0.50 s (i.e., 0.25 s on the way
up and 0.25 s on the way down),, and the top
top-to-bottom
bottom height of the window is 2.00 m. How high above the window
top does the flowerpot go?