Assignment 3

Due on 14 August @ 12:00

Question 1
A car of length 5 m is beins driven parallel alongside a 100 m long train at the same
speed. The front of the car is 10 m behind the rear of the train. At the instant the train
decelerates at 0.4 ms2 the car accelerates at 0,15 ms2. How long will it take for the rear
of the car to pass the front of the train?

Question 2
A 14 m long truck is driven alongside a 500 m long train with the same velocity of
25 m/s. The front of the truck is 7 m behind the rear of the train. At a certain instant, the
truck stars accelerating at 0,08 m/s2, while the train starts decelerating at 0,4 m/s2. How
long will it take before the rear of the truck passes the front of the train and what distance
would the truck have covered in this time?

Question 3
A woman sitting in a stationary car notices a man cycling past her at 40 km/hr. Five
seconds after he passes her car, she starts following after him. What is the shortest
possible distance in which she will catch up to the cyclist if he maintains hrs speep and
she obeys the speed limit of 70 km/hr? The car has a maximum accelerallon of 3.5m.s 2.

Question 4
An object is projected upwards with a velocity of 33m/s from a point on the ground. What is
the maximum height it reaches? What is the velocity at 50m above the ground? What is the
time takn to reach 50m above ground? What is the total time of flight?

Question 5
An elevator whose floor to ceiling height is 2.75m starts ascending with a constant upward
acceleration of 1.2 m/s2. Two seconds after the start, a loose bolt drops from the ceiling
towards the floor of the elevator. Calculate:
a) The time taken by the bolt to reach the floor
b) Displacement of the bolt during that time
c) The distance travled by the bolt during the same time
Question 6
During a test, a rocket travel upwards at 75m/s. when it is 40m from
the ground, the engine fails. Determin the maximum height sB reached
by the rocket and its speed just before it hits the ground. While in
motion the rocket is subjected to a constant doenward acceleration of
9.81m.s2 due to gravity. Neglect the effect of air resistance.

Question 7
Water drips from a tap at uniform rate onto the floor which is 1.5m below. The first drop
strikes the floor at the instant the fourth drop is on the verge of falling from the tap. What
would be the location of the different drops when the first drop hits the floor? D1 is on the
floor and D4 is at the tap.