Kinematic Equations (Constant Acceleration)

1. A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate of 2.0 m/s2 for 5.0 s. (a) what is the speed of the car at that time? (b)
how far does the car travel in this time? (a) 10 m/s (b) 25

2. A car traveling at 35 mi/h is to stop on a 35-meter-long shoulder of the road. What minimum deceleration is
required? 3.5 m/s2

3. A motorboat traveling on a straight course slows down uniformly from 75 km/h to 40 km/h in a distance of 50 m.
What is the required acceleration? -3.1 m/s 2

4. An experimental rocket car starting from rest reaches a speed of 560 km/h after a straight 400-meter run on a level
salt flat. Assuming the acceleration to be constant, what was the time of the run? 5.14 s

5. A rifle bullet with a muzzle speed of 330 m/s is fired directly into a special, dense material that stops the bullet in 30
cm. Assuming the deceleration to be constant, what is its magnitude? 1.8 X 105 m/s 2

6. A rock hits the ground at a speed of 10 m/s and leaves a hole 25 cm deep. What is the magnitude of the (assumed)
uniform deceleration of the rock? 2.0 X 102 m/s 2

7. The speed limit in a school zone is 40 km/h (about 25 mi/h). A driver traveling at this speed sees a child run into the
road 13 m ahead of his car. He applies the brakes, and the car decelerates at a uniform rate of 8.0 m/s 2. If the driver’s
reaction time is 0.25 s, will the car stop before hitting the child? yes; x = 10.5 m

8. An object moves in the positive x direction with a constant acceleration. At x = 5.0 m, its speed is 10 m/s; 2.5 s later,
the object is at x = 65 m. What is its acceleration? 11 m/s 2