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Sample Problems and Solutions: 1-D Kinematics - Lesson 6 - Describing Motion With Equations
Sample Problems and Solutions: 1-D Kinematics - Lesson 6 - Describing Motion With Equations
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2. A car starts from rest and accelerates uniformly over a time of 5.21 seconds for a distance
of 110 m. Determine the acceleration of the car.
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3. Upton Chuck is riding the Giant Drop at Great America. If Upton free falls for 2.60 seconds,
what will be his final velocity and how far will he fall?
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4. A race car accelerates uniformly from 18.5 m/s to 46.1 m/s in 2.47 seconds. Determine the
acceleration of the car and the distance traveled.
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5. A feather is dropped on the moon from a height of 1.40 meters. The acceleration of gravity
on the moon is 1.67 m/s2. Determine the time for the feather to fall to the surface of the
moon.
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See solution below.
6. Rocket-powered sleds are used to test the human response to acceleration. If a rocket-
powered sled is accelerated to a speed of 444 m/s in 1.83 seconds, then what is the
acceleration and what is the distance that the sled travels?
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7. A bike accelerates uniformly from rest to a speed of 7.10 m/s over a distance of 35.4 m.
Determine the acceleration of the bike.
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8. An engineer is designing the runway for an airport. Of the planes that will use the airport,
the lowest acceleration rate is likely to be 3 m/s2. The takeoff speed for this plane will be 65
m/s. Assuming this minimum acceleration, what is the minimum allowed length for the
runway?
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9. A car traveling at 22.4 m/s skids to a stop in 2.55 s. Determine the skidding distance of the
car (assume uniform acceleration).
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11. If Michael Jordan has a vertical leap of 1.29 m, then what is his takeoff speed and his hang
time (total time to move upwards to the peak and then return to the ground)?
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12. A bullet leaves a rifle with a muzzle velocity of 521 m/s. While accelerating through the
barrel of the rifle, the bullet moves a distance of 0.840 m. Determine the acceleration of the
bullet (assume a uniform acceleration).
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13. A baseball is popped straight up into the air and has a hang-time of 6.25 s. Determine the
height to which the ball rises before it reaches its peak. (Hint: the time to rise to the peak is
one-half the total hang-time.)
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14. The observation deck of tall skyscraper 370 m above the street. Determine the time
required for a penny to free fall from the deck to the street below.
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16. A stone is dropped into a deep well and is heard to hit the water 3.41 s after being
dropped. Determine the depth of the well.
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17. It was once recorded that a Jaguar left skid marks that were 290 m in length. Assuming
that the Jaguar skidded to a stop with a constant acceleration of -3.90 m/s2, determine the
speed of the Jaguar before it began to skid.
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18. A plane has a takeoff speed of 88.3 m/s and requires 1365 m to reach that speed.
Determine the acceleration of the plane and the time required to reach this speed.
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19. A dragster accelerates to a speed of 112 m/s over a distance of 398 m. Determine the
acceleration (assume uniform) of the dragster.
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See solution below.
20. With what speed in miles/hr (1 m/s = 2.23 mi/hr) must an object be thrown to reach a
height of 91.5 m (equivalent to one football field)? Assume negligible air resistance.
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2. d = vi*t + 0.5*a*t2
3. d = (0 m/s)*(32.8 s)+ 0.5*(3.20 m/s2)*(32.8 s)2
4. d = 1720 m
5. Return to Problem 1
6.
7.
Given: Find:
d = 110 m t = 5.21 s vi = 0 m/s a = ??
8. d = vi*t + 0.5*a*t2
9. 110 m = (0 m/s)*(5.21 s)+ 0.5*(a)*(5.21 s)2
10. 110 m = (13.57 s2)*a
11. a = (110 m)/(13.57 s2)
12. a = 8.10 m/ s2
13. Return to Problem 2
14.
15.
Given: Find:
a = -9.8 m t = 2.6 s vi = 0 m/s d = ??
vf = ??
16. d = vi*t + 0.5*a*t2
17. d = (0 m/s)*(2.60 s)+ 0.5*(-9.8 m/s2)*(2.60 s)2
18. d = -33.1 m (- indicates direction)
19. vf = vi + a*t
20. vf = 0 + (-9.8 m/s2)*(2.60 s)
21. vf = -25.5 m/s (- indicates direction)
22. Return to Problem 3
23.
24.
Given: Find:
vi = 18.5 m/s vf = 46.1 m/s t = 2.47 s d = ??
a = ??
25. a = (Delta v)/t
26. a = (46.1 m/s - 18.5 m/s)/(2.47 s)
27. a = 11.2 m/s2
28. d = vi*t + 0.5*a*t2
29. d = (18.5 m/s)*(2.47 s)+ 0.5*(11.2 m/s2)*(2.47 s)2
30. d = 45.7 m + 34.1 m
31. d = 79.8 m
32. (Note: the d can also be calculated using the equation vf2 = vi2 + 2*a*d)
33. Return to Problem 4
34.
35.
Given: Find:
vi = 0 m/s d = -1.40 m a = -1.67 m/s2 t = ??
d = ??
45. a = (Delta v)/t
46. a = (444 m/s - 0 m/s)/(1.83 s)
47. a = 243 m/s2
48. d = vi*t + 0.5*a*t
2
t = ??
87. vf2 = vi2 + 2*a*d
88. (0 m/s)2 = vi2 + 2*(-9.8 m/s2)*(1.29 m)
89. 0 m2/s2 = vi2 - 25.28 m2/s2
90. 25.28 m2/s2 = vi2
91. vi = 5.03 m/s
92. To find hang time, find the time to the peak and then double it.
93. vf = vi + a*t
94. 0 m/s = 5.03 m/s + (-9.8 m/s2)*tup
95. -5.03 m/s = (-9.8 m/s2)*tup
96. (-5.03 m/s)/(-9.8 m/s2) = tup
97. tup = 0.513 s
98. hang time = 1.03 s
99. Return to Problem 11
100.
101.
Given: Find:
vi = 0 m/s vf = 521 m/s d = 0.840 m a = ??
a. (NOTE: the time required to move to the peak of the trajectory is one-half the total
hang time - 3.125 s.)
110.
Given: Find:
vi = 0 m/s d = -370 m a = -9.8 m/s2 t = ??
t = ??
146. vf2 = vi2 + 2*a*d
147. (88.3 m/s) = (0 m/s) + 2*(a)*(1365 m)
2 2
t = ??
168. First, find speed in units of m/s:
2 2
169. vf = vi + 2*a*d
170. (0 m/s)2 = vi2 + 2*(-9.8 m/s2)*(91.5 m)
171. 0 m2/s2 = vi2 - 1793 m2/s2
172. 1793 m2/s2 = vi2
173. vi = 42.3 m/s
174. Now convert from m/s to mi/hr:
175. vi = 42.3 m/s * (2.23 mi/hr)/(1 m/s)
176. vi = 94.4 mi/hr
177. Return to Problem 20
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