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ASSIGNMENT 3

1. A boy takes 60 min to swim across a river, if his goal is to minimize time; and takes 180 min, if his goal is to
minimize to zero the distance that he is carries downstream. In both the attempts, the boy swims with the
same speed relative to the river current. Which of the following statements can be true?
(A) He can swim relative to water faster than the river current.
(B) He cannot swim relative to water faster than river current
(C) If width of the river is 3 2 km, speed of the river current is 4 km/h
(D) If he crosses a 3 2 km wide river in 60 2 min, he will be carried 2 km downstream.

2. A particle travels unidirectionally in a straight line with constant acceleration. It travels a distance S in time
interval T. Find the time interval in which the particle covers half the distance (S/2).

3. The maximum range of a shell fired from a gun is R = 22.5 m. This gun is mounted on a platform that can
move horizontally with a constant speed of 15 m/s. At what angle above the horizontal, must the gun be
aimed to achieve maximum horizontal range? Neglect air resistance as well as height of the gun. Acceleration
due to gravity is 10 m/s2.
4. A train passes a platform with a uniform speed. A boy standing on the platform deccides to estimate length
of a coach and speed of the train. For this purpose, he first runs with a constant speed of u = 10 km/hr in the
direction of the motion of the train and passes by a coach in 𝑛1 =30 steps. Then he turns back, runs at the
same constant speed and passes by a coach in 𝑛2 = 20 steps. If the boy covers a distance ℓ = 1𝑚 in each
step, answer the following questions.
(a) What is the speed of the train? (b) What is the length of a coach?

5. A projectile is required to hit a target whose co-ordinates relative to horizontal and vertical axes through the
point of projection are  ,   . If the gun velocity is 2g . Then the condition when it is impossible to hit the
target.
(A) 3  4 (B) 4  3 (C) 3  4 (D) 4  3

6. A particle moves with an initial velocity v0 and retardation αv, where v is its velocity at any time t.
(A) The particle will cover a total distance v0 /α.
(B) The particle will come to rest after a time 1/α.
(C) The particle will continue to move for a very long time.
(D) The velocity of the particle will become v0 /2 after a time 1/α.

7. A stone falls freely from rest and the total distance covered by it in the last second of its motion is equal to the
total distance covered by it in the first three seconds of its motion. If g = 10 m/s2,
(A) The stone remains in air for 5 sec
(B) The stone fell from a height of 125 m
(C) The stone hits the ground with a speed of 50 m/s
(D) The acceleration of the stone during the last 3 seconds of its motion is three times that during the first
second.

8. Man ‘A’ sitting in a car moving with 54 km/hr observes man ‘B’ in front of car crossing perpendicularly. The
road of width 15m in 3 sec. Which of the following option is/are correct?
(A) Speed of man B is 5 10 m/s/
(B) speed of man B is 5 m/s.
(C) Actual direction of motion of B is at an angle of tan 1 1  3  with the direction of motion of car.
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(D) Actual direction of motion of B is at an angle of tan (3) with direction opposite to the direction of motion
of the car.

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9. A body starts from rest with an acceleration a1 . After 2 seconds another body starts from rest from the same
a1 n
point with an acceleration a 2 . If  , in which second they travel equal distance after the start of the
a2 n  4
first body:
n+5 n+4
(A) n (B) (n + 4) (C) (D)
2 2

10. A particle moves along a circular path of radius 3 m about a stationary axis according to the law
θ = (t 3 − 3t 2 )π radian. Then which of the following is/ are correct
(A) The magnitude of mean value of the angular velocity over the time interval between t = 0 and the time
when the particle comes to rest is 2π rad/sec
(B) The magnitude of average speed over the time interval between t = 0 and t = 3 sec is 8π m/sec
(C) The diatance travelled by the particle between the time interval t = 1 to t = 4 sec, is 66π meter
(D) The diatance travelled by the particle between the time interval t = 1 to t = 4 sec, is 60π meter

11. A particle starts moving with initial velocity 3 m/s along x-axis from origin. Its acceleration
is varying with x in parabolic nature as shown in figure. At x = 3 m tangent to the graph
makes an angle 600 with positive x-axis as shown in diagram. Then at x = 3
(A) v   
3  a m/s (B) a  1.5 ms2 (C) v  12 m/s (D) a  3ms 2

12. A motorboat going downstream overcame a raft at a point A, 𝜏 = 60𝑚𝑖𝑛 later it turned back and after some
time passed the raft at a distance ℓ = 6.0𝑘𝑚 from the point A. Find the flow velocity assuming the duty of the
engine to be constant.

13. From point A located on a highway one has to get by car as soon as possible
to point B located in the field at a distance ℓ from the highway. It is known that
the car moves in the field ‘n’ times slower than on the highway. At what distance
from point D one must turn off the highway?

14. A cannon fires successively two shells with velocity 𝑣0 = 250 m/s; the first at angle 𝜃1 = 600 and the second
at the angle 𝜃2 = 450 to the horizontal in the same plane. Neglecting the air drag, find the time interval
between the firings leading to the collision of the shells.

15. A balloon starts rising from the surface of the earth. The ascesion rate is constant and equal to 𝑣0 . Due to
wind the balloon gathers the horizontal velocity component 𝑣𝑥 = 𝑎𝑦, where ‘a’ is a positive constant and y is
the height of ascent. Choose the correct option(s):
 a  2
(A) The horizontal drift of the balloon as a function of y is x   y
 2v 0 
(B) Total acceleration of the balloon is av0
a2 y
(C) Tangential acceleration of the balloon is
1   ay / v 0 
2

3/ 2
 a    xb  
(D) Normal acceleration of the balloon is   1    
 b    a 

16. A particle A moves along a circle of radius R = 50 cm so that its radius vector
relative to the point O rotates with the constant angular velocity   0.40rad / s .
Choose the correct option(s):
(A) speed of the particle is 0.4 m/s
(B) tangential acceleration of the particle is 0.32 m/s2
(C) angular velocity of the point relative to centre of the circle is 0.80 rad/s.
(D) Magnitude of net acceleration of the particle is 0.32 m/s2.

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17. Two rings O and O’ are put on two vertical stationary rods AB and A’B’
respectively. An inextensible thread is fixed at point A’ and on ring O and is
passed through ring O’. Assuming that ring O’ moves downwards at a constant
velocity 𝑣1 , determine the velocity 𝑣2 of ring at the instant when AOO'   .

ANSWER KEY
1. ACD
2. T  1 
,T  1  
2  2

3. 600.
4. (a) 2 km/h (b) 24 m
5. B
6. AC
7. ABC
8. AC
9. C
10. ABC
11. AB
12. 3 km/hr
13.
n2  1
14. 11sec
15. ABCD
16. ABCD
17. v1  sec   1

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