TUTORIAL 3

1. From figure below,

a. Find the distance between the car and the bicycle
b. If the car is stationary, find the displacement of the bicycle towards it
c. If the bicycle is stationary, find the displacement of the car towards it
[13 m, +13 m, -13 m]

x1 13 m x2

2. A vehicle accelerates from rest at 8.43 m/s2 for 4.9 s. Determine the final speed of the
vehicle.
[41.31 m]

3. A car decelerates at a constant rate from 94.7 km/h to 53.2 km/h over a distance of
0.257 km. How many seconds is the car decelerating?
[0.921 ms-2]

4. A stunt driver starting from rest needs to achieve a speed of 27.9 m/s. If her vehicle
accelerates at 8.07 m/s2, what distance must she travel to achieve the desired speed?
[48.23 m]

5. A van moves along a straight road with a speed v which varies with time t as shown
in figure below.

a. What is the total distance travelled by the van at t = 6 s?

b. Draw a graph that represents the distance-time graph of the van.
[400 m]
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6. A boy throws a tennis ball up towards the sky. The initial velocity of the tennis ball is
25 ms-1 when it leaves his hand.
a) What is the maximum height that the tennis ball reaches?
b) How long does it take to reach the highest point?
c) What is the position of the ball at t = 1 s?
[31.86 m, 2.55 s, 20.10 m]
7. An airplane flying horizontally at a speed of 150 ms-1 drops a box from an elevation of
2000 m.
a. How much time does it take for the box to reach the ground?
b. Find the horizontal and vertical components of its velocity when it strikes the
ground.
c. What is the velocity of the box when it strikes the ground?
[20.19 s, Vy=198.1 ms-1, Vx= 150 ms-1, 248.5 ms-1]

8. A ball rolled horizontally on the top of a 35 m high building. Then it fell to the ground
80 m from the foot of the building. Determine the
a. Time of flight
b. Initial velocity of the ball
c. Velocity just before the ball hits the ground
[2.67 s, 29.95 ms-1, 39.79 ms-1]