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Kinematics: Motion along Straight Line

A. Solve the following word problems below.

1. Two identical pellet guns are fired simultaneously from the edge of a cliff. These guns impart as initial speed of
30 m/s to each pellet. Gun A is fired straight upward, with the pellet going up and falling back down, eventually
hitting the ground beneath the cliff. Gun B is fired straight downward. In the absence of air resistance, how
long after pellet B hits the ground does pellet A hit the ground?

2. A man stands at the edge of a cliff and throws a rock downward with a speed of 12 m/s. Sometime later it
strikes the ground 110m below the place where it was thrown.
a. How long does it take to reach the ground?
b. What is the speed of the rock at impact?

Name: ____________________________________________________ Score: ____________________

Strand/Level: _______________________________________________ Date: ____________________
Kinematics: Motion along Straight Line

B. Solve the following word problems below.

3. Two identical pellet guns are fired simultaneously from the edge of a cliff. These guns impart as initial speed of
30 m/s to each pellet. Gun A is fired straight upward, with the pellet going up and falling back down, eventually
hitting the ground beneath the cliff. Gun B is fired straight downward. In the absence of air resistance, how
long after pellet B hits the ground does pellet A hit the ground?

4. A man stands at the edge of a cliff and throws a rock downward with a speed of 12 m/s. Sometime later it
strikes the ground 110m below the place where it was thrown.
a. How long does it take to reach the ground?
b. What is the speed of the rock at impact?