PHY10 LINEAR KINEMATICS, PROJECTILE MOTION

1. A motorcyclist is heading east through a small Iowa city accelerates after he

passes the signpost marking the city limits. His acceleration is a constant 4.0
m/s2. At time t = 0 he is 5.0 m east of the signpost, moving east at 15 m/s.
(a) Find his position and velocity at time t = 2.0 s
(b) Where is the motorcyclist when his velocity is 25 m/s?
2. A motorist traveling with a constant speed of 15 m/s passes a school-crossing
corner, where the speed limit is 10 m/s. Just as the motorist passes, a police
officer on a motorcycle stopped at the corner starts off in pursuit with
constant acceleration of 3.0 m/s2.
(a) How much time elapses before the officer catches up with the motorist?
(b) What is the officers speed at that point?
(c) What is the total distance each vehicle has travelled at that point?
3. A red car and a green car, identical except for the color, move toward each
other in adjacent lanes and parallel to an x- axis. At the t = 0, they are 220 m
apart. If the red car has a constant velocity of 20 km/h, the cars pass each
other at x = 44.5 m (with reference to the red cars initial position.) and if it
has a constant velocity of 40 km/h ( with reference to the red cars initial
position), they pass each other at x = 77.9 m. What are (a) the initial velocity
and the (b) constant acceleration of the green car?
4. (a) With what speed must a ball be thrown vertically from the ground level to
rise a maximum height of 50 m? (b) How long will it be in the air?
5. An electric vehicle starts from rest and accelerates at a rate of 2.0 m/s 2 in a
straight line until it reaches a speed of 20 m/s. The vehicle then slows at a
constant rate of 1.0 m/s2 until it stops. (a) How much time elapses from start
to stop? (b) How far does the vehicle travel from start to stop?
6. A one-euro coin is dropped from the Leaning tower of Pisa. It starts from rest
and falls freely. Compute its position and velocity after 1.0 s, 2.0 s and 3.0 s.
7. You throw a ball vertically upward from the roof of a tall building. The ball
leaves your hand at a point even with the roof railing with an upward speed
of 15.0 m/s; the ball is then in free fall. On its way back down, it just misses
the railing. At the location of the building g = 9.8 m/s 2 . Find:
a. The position and velocity of the ball 1.0 s and 4.0 s after leaving your
hand.
b. The velocity when the ball is 5.00 m above the railing
c. The maximum height reached and the time at which it is reached.
d. The acceleration of the ball when it is at its maximum height.
8. Find the time when the ball is 5.00 m below the roof railing.
9. Sally is driving along a straight highway in her classic 1965 Mustang. At time
t =0, when Sally is moving at 10 m/s in the positive x-direction, she passes a
signpost at x =50m. Her acceleration is a function of time:
ax = 2.0 m/s2 (0.10 m/s3 ) t
Engr. E. D. Dimaunahan
PHY10
Kinematics, Projectile 11/13/2013

a. Find her x-velocity and position as a function of time.

b. When is her x-velocity greatest?
c. What is the maximum x-velocity?
d. Where is the car when it reaches the maximum x-velocity?
10.A robotic vehicle, or rover, is exploring the surface of Mars. The landing craft
is the origin of coordinates, and the surrounding Martian surface lies in the xy
plane. The rover, which we represent as a point has x- and y- coordinates that
vary with time:
x = 2.0 m - (0.25 m/s2 ) t2
y = ( 1.0 m/s ) t + ( 0.025 m/s3 ) t3
a. Find the rovers coordinates and its distance from the lander at t=2.0s
b. Find the rovers displacement and average velocity during the time
interval.
c.Derive a general expression for the instantaneous velocity.
11.A batter hits a baseball so that it leaves the bat at speed v o = 37.0 m/s at an
angle of 53.1 degrees, at a location where g = 9.8 m/s 2 .
a. Find the position of the ball, and the magnitude and direction of its
velocity at t = 2.0 s.
b. Find the time when the ball reaches the highest position of its flight and
find its height at this point.
c. Find the horizontal range- the horizontal distance from the starting point
to where the ball hits the ground.

Engr. E. D. Dimaunahan
PHY10
Kinematics, Projectile 11/13/2013