Ch1

1. Henry starts at A and walks along straight lines AB, BC and CD.
He stops at D finally. The whole journey takes him 5 s.
a. Find Henry’s average speed. (1.6 m/s)

b. Find Henry’s total displacement. (4 m due east)

c. Find Henry’s average velocity. (0.8 m/s due east)

2. A boat, which travels at 5 m/s in still water, crosses a river from

A. The width of the river is 200 m and the water is flowing at 1
m/s to the right.
a. Can the boat arrive B on the opposite bank if it steers
towards B? If not, where will it land? (No)
 b. What is the resultant velocity of the boat as viewed from A? (5.10 m/s at 11.3o inclined to AB
downstream)

3. A car travels with a velocity of 20 m/s for 45 minutes due north and then with a velocity of 15 m/s for
20 minutes due west.
a. Find the total displacement of the car. (56.9 km N18.4oW)

b. Find the average velocity of the car. (14.6 m/s N18.4oW)

Ch2
4. The motion of a ball along a straight line is shown in the velocity-time graph below.
a. Calculate the average acceleration
i. Over the first 4 s, (7.5 m/s2)

ii. Over the next 8 s, (0)

iii. Over the last 6 s, and (-5 m/s2)

 iv. Over the whole 18 s (0)

b. Calculate the total distance travelled. (390 m)

c. Find the average speed over the whole journey. (21.7 m/s)

5. A Ferrari can accelerate from rest to 100 km/h in 4.1 s.

a. Find the average acceleration. (6.78 m/s2)

b. Calculate the distance travelled by the car in this period of time. (57.0 m)

c. The driver applies the brake when the car reaches the speed of 100 km/h. If the deceleration of the
car is 5 m/s2, find how long and how far the car will travel before it comes to rest. (77.3 m)
6. A car travels along a straight road. Take the direction to the north as positive. Its s-t graph is shown
below.

a. Complete the following table.

b. Find the average velocity of the car in these 40 s. (-1.25 m/s)

7. A rock is dropped from a cliff and the sound of it hitting the ground is heard 5 s later. If the speed of
sound is 340 m/s, find the height of the cliff. (108 m)
8. A stone is thrown vertically upwards with an initial speed of 10 m/s from the edge of a cliff which is 50
m high.
a. Find the time taken for the stone to reach the bottom of the cliff. (4.37 s)

b. What is the speed of the stone before hitting the ground? (32.9 m/s)

c. Find the total distance travelled by the stone. (60.2 m)

Ch3+4
9. A helicopter of mass 1200 kg can ascend and descend vertically in the air.
a. If the helicopter rises with a constant speed 3 m/s, find the uplifting force provided by the engine.
(11800 N)

b. If the helicopter rises with uniform acceleration of 1.5 m/s2, find the uplifting force acting on the
helicopter. (13600 N)
10. A girl, standing on a weighing scale in a lift, goes from the ground floor to the top floor. The lift first
accelerates uniformly from rest. Then it moves with a constant speed. Finally it decelerates uniformly
until it stops. The figure below shows how the scale reading changes with time.

a. Find the mass of the girl. (51.0 kg)

b. Find the acceleration of the lift from t = 0 s to 4 s. (1.18 m/s2 upwards)

c. Find the acceleration of the lift from t = 10 s to 14 s. (1.18 m/s2 downwards)

11. Patrick stands still on a skateboard. How will the skateboard move if he jumps to the right? Explain
briefly according to Newton’s third law of motion.
12. Blocks A and B are placed on a smooth horizontal surface. The masses of A and B are 3 kg and 4 kg
respectively. A horizontal force of 18 N now acts on B.
a. Draw the free-body diagrams for blocks A and
B.

b. Find the acceleration of the system of blocks. (2.57 m/s2 to the left)

c. Find the magnitude of the force acting on A by B. (7.71 N)

13. A speedboat pulls two water skiers A and B forwards. The figure shows the tensions acting on them, and
the angles formed by the ropes and the line of travel of the speedboat.
a. Find the magnitude of the force along the
line of travel exerted by the skiers on the
speedboat. ( A: 122 N, B: 108 N)
 b. Find the magnitude of the force perpendicular to the line of travel exerted by the skiers on the
speedboat. (25.4 N)

c. Find the magnitude and direction of the resultant force exerted by the skiers on the speedboat.
(231 N 6.30o with the line of travel)

14. A block of mass 6 kg is hung from the ceiling with two pieces of rope as shown. Find the tension T 1.
(66.5 N)

15. Cindy is pulling a suitcase of mass 10 kg up an inclined road as shown. The pulling force acting on the
suitcase parallel to the road surface is 50 N and the friction between
the suitcase and the road surface is 20 N.
a. The suitcase is moving at a constant speed of 0.3 m/s. Find the
angle of the road makes to the horizontal. (17.8o)
 b. If the pulling force by Cindy is increased to 70 N, describe the subsequent motion of the suitcase. ( 2
m/s2)

16. A block of mass 20 kg is placed on a rough horizontal surface and is pulled by a 5 kg mass as shown.
a. When the system is released, the block moves through a
distance of 2 m in 2 s.
i. Find the acceleration of the system. (1 m/s2)

ii. Find the friction between the block and the table. (24.05 N)

b. After the system has been released for 2 s, the string is cut.
i. What is the acceleration of the 5 kg mass? (9.81 m/s2 downwards)

ii. What is the acceleration of the 20 kg block? (1.20 m/s2 to the left)

iii. Can the block reach the edge of the table? Explain briefly. (No)