TUTORIAL CHAPTER 2

SEPT 2011

Figure 1

1) A motorcyclist heading east through a small city accelerates after he passes the sign post
marking the city limits as shown in Figure 1. He moves with a constant acceleration of
4.0 ms-2. At time t = 0 s, he is 5.0 m east of the signpost, moving east at 15 ms -1.
Calculate his position and velocity at t = 2.0 s.(43 m east signpost, v = 23 m/s)

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2) A runner runs 10 m from the origin toward the WEST to point A. He then runs from
point A 20 m more toward the EAST to point B. He then runs from point B 30 m more
toward the WEST to point C. What is the runner's total displacement from the origin to
point C?(20 m)

3) A stationary car moves with acceleration 1 ms-2 for 15 s. After that, it continues with
uniform velocity for 6 s and then slows down uniformly for 8 s until it stops. Calculate
the deceleration of the car? (a= -1.875 m/s2)

OCT 2010

4) If you are driving 110 km/h along a straight road and you look to the side for 2.0 s, how
far do you travel during this inattentive period?(s = 61.12 m)

5) A car traveling 95 km/h is 110 m behind a truck traveling 75 km/h. How long will it
take the car to reach the truck?(t = 19.8 s)

6) A tennis ball is dropped from a height of 3.0 m and it rebounds to a height of 2.5 m. If
the ball is contact with floor for 0.01 s, find the acceleration of the ball when it is in
contact with the floor.(a = 7.67 m/s2)

APRIL 2010

7) What is the slope of a tangent line on a velocity versus time graph? Sketch it.
(acceleration)

8) A car starts from rest and accelerates with a constant acceleration of 6 ms -2 for 15 s.
Determine the total distance travelled.(s = 675 m)

9) A ball is held at a height of 300 cm from the ground and is released. What is its velocity
just before it touches the ground?(v = 7.67 m/s)

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 10) A ball is thrown down vertically with an initial speed of 20.5 ms from a height of 58.8
m.
i) What will be its speed just before it strikes the ground?(v = 39.7 m/s)
ii) How long will it take for the ball to reach the ground?(t = 1.95 s)

11) A static motorcycle move with the constant acceleration 2 ms-2 for 100 m. Calculate
i) the motorcycle final velocity.(v = 20 m/s)
ii) the time taken for 100 m journey.(t = 10 s)

OCT 2009

12) A tennis ball is thrown vertically upwards and is caught after time,t. If g is the
acceleration of free fall, what is the greatest height reached by the ball?(s = ½ gt2)

13) A bus is starts from rest and accelerates uniformly. After 5.0 s its displacement is25 m.
What is the velocity of the bus after 5.0 s?(v = 10 m/s)

14) You are driving home from Kuala Pilah at 95 kmh -1 for 130 km. It then begins to rain
and you slow to 65 kmh-1. You arrive home after driving 3 hours and 20 minutes.
i) How far is your hometown from Kuala Pilah?( s = 266.7 km)
ii) What was your average speed?(vavg = 22. 23 m/s)

APRIL 2009

15) A brick is dropped from rest from a height of 4.9 m. How long does it take the brick to
reach the ground?(t = 1 s)

16) A 100-kg cannon at rest contains a 10-kg cannon ball. When fired, the cannon ball
leaves the cannon with a speed of 90 m/s. What is the recoil speed of the cannon?

17) An object starts from rest and accelerates uniformly in a straight line in the positive x-
direction. After 11 seconds, its speed is 70.0 m/s.
i) Determine the magnitude and direction of the acceleration of the object.(a = 6.36 m/s2)
ii) How far does the object travel during the first 11 seconds?(385. 22 m)
iii) What is the average velocity of the object during the first 11 seconds(35 m/s)

OCT 2008

18) A rock is thrown upward with a speed of 10 m/s on the surface of planet Y where
theacceleration due to gravity is 2.0 m/s2. What is the maximum height reached by
theobject?(25 m)

19) Taxi driver drives 20 km to the west. Then he drives another 15 km to the east.
Calculate total net displacement of the taxi.(5 km to west)

APRIL 2008

20) A person jogs eight complete laps around a quarter mile track in a total time of 12.5
min. What is the average speed of the jogger in ms-1?[mile = 1610 meters](0.54 m/s)

21) A driver is driving his car with a velocity of 25.0 ms-1and accelerates at 2.0 ms-2 for
5seconds. Then, the car maintains its constant velocity for another 10.0 seconds.
(i) Represent the first 15 seconds of the car's motion by sketching a velocity-time graph.
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 (ii) Use the graph to determine the distance which the driver traveled during the entire15 s.
(312.5 m)
(iii) Finally, break the motion graph into two segments and use kinematics equations to
calculate the total distance traveled during the entire 15 s.(406.25 m)
(iv) Calculate the average speed during the entire 15 s.(27.08 m/s)

OCT 2007

22) An arrow at a speed of 100 ms -1 is shot straight up into the air. If air friction is
neglected, what is the maximum height an arrow can reach?(509.68 m)

APRIL 2007

23) A runner ran the marathon (approximately 42.0 km) in 2 hours and 57 min. What is the
average speed of the runner in m/s?(3.95 m/s)

24) A ly (light year) is the distance that light travels in one year. The speed of light is 3.00 *
108 m/s. How many miles are there in a ly?(1 mi = 1609 m, 1 yr= 365 days)(5.911 x 10-3
mi)

25) An object is thrown upward with a speed of 12 m/s on the surface of planet X where the
acceleration due to gravity is 1.5 m/s 2. What is the maximum height reached by the
object?(s = 48 m)

26) A squirrel has x and y coordinates (2.7m, 3.8 m) at time U = 0 and coordinates (-
4.1m,6.8m) at time t2= 4.0s. For this time interval, find
i)the components of the average velocity;.(Vx = -1.7 m/s, Vy = 0.75 m/s)
ii)the magnitude and direction of the average velocity.(v = 1.86 m/s, θ = 23.8°)

28) If a flea can jump straight up to a maximum height of 0.520 m ,

i)what is its initial speed as it leaves the ground?(3.19 m/s)
ii)for how much time is it in the air?(gravitational acceleration, g = -9.80 m/s2)(0.33 s)

OCT 2006

27) A car increases its velocity from 15 m/s to 25 m/s in the distance of 20 m. Find the
magnitude of its acceleration.(a = 10 m/s2)

28) A ball is thrown horizontally from the roof of a building 45.0 m tall and lands 24.0m
from the base of the building. What was the ball initial speed?

29) A car starts from rest at point A and travels to point B for 10 seconds with a constant
acceleration of 3.0 ms-2. The car then moving with constant speed travels for 5.0 s until
it reaches point C. The driver then applies the brakes causing a constant deceleration of
4.0 ms-2 as it passes point C and comes to stop at point D. Assume the brakes are applied
for 2.0 s. (i)Find its speed at point B, (ii) Find its speed at point C, (iii) find the stopping
distance, (iv) Find the total distance traveled by the car.((i) 30 m/s, (ii)30 m/s, (iii) 52
m, (iv) 352 m)

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30) A sports car travels at a constant speed 22 ms-1 from point A to B in 5.0 s. If it then
brakes and comes to a stop at point C in 4.0 s, calculate its acceleration in ms -2 from
point A to B and B to C respectively.(a= - 5.5 m/s2)

31) A motorcycle starting from rest has an acceleration of 2.5 ms -2. After the motorcycle has
traveled a distance of 125 m, it slows down with an acceleration of 1.5 ms -2 until its
velocity is 10 ms-1. What is the total displacement of the motorcycle?(300 m)

32) A stunt man was assigned to make a stunt for a movie. He drives a motorcycle
horizontally from a top of a 40.0 m high cliff. The motorcycle then lands on level
ground below, 72 m from the base of the cliff. What was the motorcycle's initial speed?

33) A student drops a stone from a second floor window, 15 m above the ground.
(a) How long does it takes for the stone to reach the ground?(1.75 s)
(b) Calculate the velocity before it hits the ground.(17.15 m/s)

34) The speed of a car travelling along a straight road decreases uniformly from 12.0 m/s to
8.0 m/s over 88.0 m. Calculate the
i) Acceleration of the car(-0.46 m/s2)
ii) Time taken for the speed to decrease from 12.0 m/s to 8.0 m/s(8.8 s)
iii) Time taken for the car to come rest(26.4 s)
iv) Total distance traveled by the car during this time.(158.2 m)

35) A ball is thrown vertically upward from the top of building with initial velocity 25 ms -1.
Calculate:
i) Velocity of the ball at t = 2 s.(5.38 m/s)
ii) Position of the ball at t= 2 s(30.38 m)
iii) Maximum height of the ball(31.86 m)
iv) Time taken for the ball to reach the maximum height(2.55 s)
v) Velocity of the ball at 20 m from the initial position.(15.25 m/s)

36) A rocket is launched vertically upwards from the ground with initial velocity 35 m/s. It
is accelerating at 5 m/s2. The engine suddenly broke down at height h= 20 km from the
ground. Neglecting air resistance, calculate the
i) Velocity of the rocket at height 20 km(448.58 m/s)
ii) Maximum height achieved by the rocket(30.66 m)
iii) Flight time in air of the rocket(82.72 s)

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