PHY094

SERWAY VUILLE, COLLEGE PHYSICS, 11TH EDITION

2021/2022

Tutorial 2
Chapter 2, Chapter 3 & Additional Question

Definition

1. Displacement:
2. Average speed:
3. Average velocity:
4. Instantaneous velocity:
5. Instantaneous speed:
6. Average acceleration:
7. Instantaneous acceleration:

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Does a car speedometer measure speed, velocity, or both?

A. velocity
B. speed
C. speed and velocity
D. distance

2. A ball is thrown vertically upward. What are its velocity and acceleration when it reaches
its maximum altitude?
A. velocity zero, acceleration constant and directed downward.
B. velocity zero, acceleration constant and directed upward.
C. velocity constant and directed upward, acceleration zero
D. velocity constant and directed downward, acceleration zero.

3. A ball is thrown vertically upward. What is the acceleration of the ball just before it hits the
ground?
A. acceleration decreasing and change in direction throughout the ball’s free flight.
B. acceleration increasing and change in direction throughout the ball’s free flight.
C. acceleration remains constant in magnitude but change in direction throughout the
ball’s free flight.
D. acceleration remains constant in magnitude and direction throughout the ball’s free
flight.

4. Determine which of the following moving objects obey the equations of projectile motion
developed in this chapter. (a) A ball is thrown in an arbitrary direction. (b) A jet airplane
crosses the sky with its engines thrusting the plane forward. (c) A rocket leaves the
launch pad. (d) A rocket moves through the sky after its engines have failed. (e) A stone
is thrown under water.
A. (b) and (c)
B. (a) and (d)
C. (b), (c) and (e)
D. (d) and (e)

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Structure Questions
Chapter 2 (Page 55 – 57)

5. Two boats start together and race across a 60-km-wide lake and back. Boat A goes across
at 60 km/h and returns at 60 km/h. Boat B goes across at 30 km/h, and its crew, realizing
how far behind it is getting, returns at 90 km/h. Turnaround times are negligible, and the
boat that completes the round trip first wins.
(a) Which boat wins and by how much? (Or is it a tie?)

(b) What is the average velocity of the winning boat?

24.The velocity vs. time graph for an object moving along a straight path is shown in Figure
P2.24.

(i) Find the average acceleration of the object during the time intervals
(a) 0 to 5.0 s,
(Answer: 0)

(b) 5.0 s to 15 s, and

(Answer: 1.6 m/s2)
(c) 0 to 20 s.
(Answer: 0.80 m/s2)

(ii) Find the instantaneous acceleration at

(a) 2.0 s,

(b) 10 s, and

(c) 18 s.

34.A jet plane lands with a speed of 100 m/s and can accelerate at a maximum rate of
-5.00 m/s2 as it come to rest.
(a) From the instant the plane touches the runway, what is the minimum time needed before
it can come to rest?
(Answer: 20.0 s)

(b) Can this plane land on a small tropical island airport where the runway is 0.800 km
long?

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51.A tennis player at the Australian Open tosses a tennis ball straight up and then catches it
after 2.00 s at the same height as the point of release.
(a) What is the acceleration of the ball while it is in flight?
(Answer: 9.80 m/s2)

(b) What is the velocity of the ball when it reaches its maximum height?

(c) Find the initial velocity of the ball and

(Answer: 9.80 m/s)
(d) Find the maximum height it reaches.
(Answer: 4.90 m)

Chapter 3 (Page 75 – 76)

7. A student stands at the edge of a cliff and throws a stone horizontally over the edge with a
speed of 18.0 m/s. The cliff is 50.0 m above a flat, horizontal beach as shown in Figure
P3.7.

Figure P3.7

(a) What are the coordinates of the initial position of the stone?

(b) What are the components of the initial velocity?

(c) Write the equations for the x- and y-components of the velocity of the stone with time.

(d) Write the equations for the position of the stone with time, using the coordinates in
Figure P3.7.

(e) How long after being released does the stone strike the beach below the cliff?

(f) With what speed and angle of impact does the stone land?

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18.A fireman d = 50.0 m away from a burning building directs a stream of water from a ground-
level fire hose at an angle of θi = 30.0° above the horizontal as shown in Figure P3.18. If
the speed of the stream as it leaves the hose is vi = 40.0 m/s, at what height will the stream
of water strike the building?
(Answer: 18.6 m)

Figure P3.18

19.A playground is on the flat roof of a city school, 6.00 m above the street below (Fig. P3.19).
The vertical wall of the building is h = 7.00 m high, to form a 1-m-high railing around the
playground. A ball has fallen to the street below, and a passerby re turns it by launching it
at an angle of θ = 53.0° above the horizontal at a point d = 24.0 m from the base of the
building wall. The ball takes 2.20 s to reach a point vertically above the wall.

Figure P3.19

(a) Find the speed at which the ball was launched.

(Answer: 18.1 m/s)

(b) Find the vertical distance by which the ball clears the wall.
(Answer: 1.09 m)

(c) Find the horizontal distance from the wall to the point on the roof where the ball lands.
(Answer: 2.8 m)

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Additional Question

1. A plane is flying horizontally with a constant speed of 55 .0 m/s when it drops a rescue
capsule. The capsule lands on the ground 12.0 s later.
a) Find the height from which the capsule had dropped.
(Answer: 705.6 m)

b) Just before the capsule hits the ground, find

i. horizontal component of its velocity
(Answer: 55.0 m/s)
ii. vertical component of its velocity
(Answer: -117.6 m/s)

iii. final speed and direction of the capsule relative to the positive x-axis.
(Answer: 129.8 m/s, -64.9o)

c) How would your answer to part b)iii. Change if the constant speed of the plane is
increased? Explain.

(PHY094 September 2015)

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