Physics: Mechanics-1

Kinematics:1-D Motion
Applications of Equation of Kinematics
NCERT Problems
1. A particle moves with constant velocity v1 for time t1 and with velocity v2 for the next
time interval t 2 . Find the average velocity of particle for the whole motion.
2. An object moves a distance S1 with constant velocity v1 and next distance s 2 with
velocity v2 . Find the average velocity of the particle for the whole motion.
3. A car travels one-fourth of the total distance with speed 10 ms1 and the remaining
distance with speed 30 ms1, then compute its average speed.
4. A car moves with a speed of 80 kmh1 for half an hour and with speed of 50 kmh1 for
the next one hour. Determine the average speed of car.
5. A train moving with a speed of 80 kmh1 crosses a 720 m long platform in 36s,
determine the length of the train.
6. A train moving uniformly crosses an electric pole in 8 second and a 1000 m long, bridge
in 108 second. Determine the speed of train.
7. Two trains A and B , initially 80 km apart, are moving towards each other with speed 40
kmh1. A bird flies to and fro between the trains at 80 kmh1. Compute the total distance
traveled by the bird by the time trains collide.
8. The figure shows position-time x  t  graph for two children A and x Q
B who start from their school O towards their homes P and Q , P

respectively, along the same straight road. A

B
(a) Who lives nearer to the school? O t
(b) Who starts from the school early?
(c) Who walks faster?
(d) Do they reach their homes at the same time?
(e) Does B overtakes A ?
9. A particle moves half the distance with a velocity v0 . The remaining part of the distance
is covered with velocity v1 for half the time and with velocity v2 for the other half of the
time. Compute an expression for the average velocity of the point.

Answers
v1 t1  v2 t 2 v1 v2 s1  s 2 
1. vav  2.
t1  t2 s1 v2  s 2 v1
3. 20 ms1 4. 60 kmh1
5. 80 m 6. 10 ms1
7. 80 km
8. (a) A (b) A (c) B (d) Yes (e) Yes
2v0 v1  v2 
9. vav 
2v0  v1  v2

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Work Sheet-11 Kinematics: 1-D Motion

10. A car travels along a straight road with uniform acceleration. At instants t1 and t 2 , its
position is x1 and x 2 , respectively. Determine its acceleration.
11. A car moves along a straight road with constant acceleration. If v1 and v2 be its average
velocities in the two consecutive time intervals t1 and t 2 , respectively then, determine
its acceleration.
12. After traveling some distance along a straight road with constant acceleration, the speed
of car changes from v1 to v2 . Find the velocity of the car at the mid-point of the path
traveled.
13. A ball is thrown vertically upwards with some velocity. It appears at the same height h
at two different times t1 and t 2 . Determine (a) its initial velocity (b) the value of h (c)
the maximum height attained by it, and (d) the total time of flight.
14. A ball is dropped from certain height. If it takes 0.2 s to travel the last 6m before striking
the ground, then determine the height of drop.
15. A ball is allowed to fall from a height of 120 m. If the gravity disappears after the fall of
2s, then determine the total time taken to reach the ground.
16. Two bodies are thrown vertically upwards with equal velocities of 60 ms1 but with a
time interval of 4s. How long after the throw of second ball the two bodies collide.
17. Two balls are thrown simultaneously from the top of a tower, one vertically up and
another vertically with the same speed. The first ball hits the ground at time t1 and the
second ball hits the ground at time t 2 . Determine the height of tower.
18. A balloon starts rising from the ground with an acceleration of 1.25 ms2. After 8s a
packet is released from the balloon. Find the time taken by the packet to reach the
ground.

Answers
2 x 2 t1  x1 t 2 
10. a  15. T  7 s
t1 t 2 t 2  t1 
2v2  v1 
11. a  16. t  4 s
t1  t 2

v12  v22 1
12. v  17. H  gt1 t 2
2 2
1
13. (a) u  g t1  t 2  18. t  4 s
2
1
(b) h  gt1 t 2
2
1
(c) H  g t1  t 2 2
8
(d) T  t1  t2
14. h  48 m

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