MEC31-1 Q1: 3rd Qtr.

2017-2018
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Follow instructions strictly. Failure to comply earns you no point. NO CHEATING!
Solve the following problems
A particle travels along a straight-line path such that in 4 s it moves from an a) 5 points:
initial position SA= - 8 m to a position SB = +3 m. Then in another 5 s it moves
from SB to SC = - 6 m. Determine the particle's a) average velocity and b) b) 5 points:
average speed during the 9-s time interval.

The velocity of a particle is v= {3i + (6 - 2t)j } m/s, where t is in seconds. If 5 points:

r = 0 when t = 0, determine the displacement of the particle during the time
interval t = 1 s to t = 3 s.

What are a) the a) 5 points:

acceleration function
in the interval b) 5 points:
(0,200)s and b) in the
interval (200,300)s ? c) 5 points:
If at s=0, v=0, what
are c) the velocity d) 5 points:
function in the first
interval and d) in the e) 5 points:
second interval? E)
Construct a
COMPLETE v-s
graph.

The boat travels in a straight a) 2 points:

line with the acceleration
described by the a-s graph. b) 2 points:
If it starts from rest,
determine a) the boat's c) 2 points:
maximum speed. What b)
distance s' does it travel d) 2 points:
before it stops? What is c)
the velocity function in the e) 2 points:
interval (0,150)s? What is
d) the velocity function in
the interval (150, s’)s? e)
Construct a COMPLETE v-
s graph.

A motorcyclist starting a) 2 points:

from rest travels along a
straight road and for 10 b) 2 points:
s has an acceleration
shown.
What is a) the velocity
in 5s? Find b) the
distance travelled in 8 s.

A car starts from rest a) 2 points:

and travels along a
straight road with a b) 2 points:
velocity described by
the graph. Determine a) c) 2 points:
the total distance
travelled until the car
stops; b) the maximum
acceleration; and c) the
maximum acceleration
in the opposite direction.