GENERAL PHYSICS 1

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WORKSHEET NO. 4: KINEMATIC EQUATIONS OF MOTION 1

Solve the following word problems.

1. If a car travels 400m in 20 seconds, how fast is it going?

GIVEN: d = 400 m SOLUTION:
t = 20 sec v = 400 m / 20 s
= 20 m/s
UNKNOWN: v = ?
FORMULA:
v = d/t FINAL ANSWER: v = 20 m/s

2. If you move 50 meters in 10 seconds, what is your speed?

GIVEN: d = 50 m SOLUTION:
t = 10 s v = 50 m / 10 s
= 5 m/s
UNKNOWN: v = ?
FORMULA:
v = d/t FINAL ANSWER: v = 5 m/s

3. You arrived in my class 45 seconds after leaving math which is 90 meters away. How fast did
you travel?
GIVEN: d = 90 m SOLUTION:
t = 45 s v = 90 m / 45 s
= 2 m/s
UNKNOWN: v = ?
FORMULA:
v = d/t FINAL ANSWER: v = 2.0 m/s

4. How much time will it take for a bug to travel 5 meters across the floor if it is traveling at 1 m/s?
GIVEN: d = 5 m SOLUTION:
v = 1 m/s t = 5m / 1m/s
=5s
UNKNOWN: t = ?
FORMULA:
t = d/v FINAL ANSWER: t = 5 s
5. In Tokyo 2021 Olympics, an athlete threw a flying disk 139 meters through the air. While in
flight, the disk traveled at an average speed of 13.0 m/s. How long did the disk remain in the air?
(Assume that there is no air resistance and the disk flies horizontally.)
GIVEN: d = 139 m SOLUTION:
v = 13.0 m/s t = 139m / 13.0m/s
= 10.69 s ≈ 10.7 s
UNKNOWN: t = ?
FORMULA:
t = d/v
FINAL ANSWER: t = 10.69 s ≈ 10.7 s

P.2, worksheet no 4, General Physics 1

6a. Find the magnitude of the average velocity (in m/s) of a biker that travels 150 m, northward
and then turns west and travels 1200 m in 30.0 minutes.
GIVEN: d1 = 150 m, north SOLUTION:
d2 = 1200 m, west dt = √ 1200 2+150 2 = 1209.34m
t = 30.0 min = 1800 sec
UNKNOWN: v =? V = 1209.34 m / 1800 s ≈ 0.67 m/s
FORMULA: dt = √ dx 2+ dy 2
V = dt / t FINAL ANSWER: v = 0.67 m/s

6b. What is the direction of the velocity of the biker in 6a?

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GIVEN: dx = -1200 m SOLUTION:
dy ❑= 150 m
Ɵ = tan -1 ( 150/1200 ) = 7.13 ≈ 7
UNKNOWN: Ɵ
FORMULA: FINAL ANSWER:
Ɵ = tan -1 ( dy/dx ) Ɵ = 7o N of W ( or 83o W of N)

7.Allysa drives her Porsche and accelerates uniformly from 0 to 72 km/h in 12.0 seconds. What is
the acceleration of the car in m/s2?
GIVEN: vi = 0 SOLUTION:
Vf = 72 km / hr = 20 m/s a = ( 20 - 0 ) / 12 = 1.67 m/s2
T = 12.0 s
UNKNOWN: a FINAL ANSWER:
FORMULA: a = 1.67 m/s2
a = ( vf - vi ) / t

8. Mr. Cayno participates in a car race. He accelerates uniformly from 18.0 m/s to 46.0 m/s
in 3.00 seconds. How fast is his acceleration?
GIVEN:vi = 18.0 m/s SOLUTION:
Vf = 46.0 m/s a = ( 46 - 18 ) / 3 = 9.33 m/s2
T = 3.00 s
UNKNOWN: a
FORMULA:
a = ( vf - vi ) / t FINAL ANSWER: a = 9.33 m/s2

Scoring:

Nos. 1 - 5, 6b and 8: 3 points @ x 7 = 21

6a and 7: 4 points @ x 2 = 8
Total = 29 plus 1 = 30 points