PROBLEM SET (RECTILINEAR AND CURVILINEAR MOTION)

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1. A particle moves along a straight line with an acceleration of a = 5 / (3s1/3+s1/5) m/s2, where s is in
meters. Determine the particle’s velocity when s = 2 m, if it starts from rest when s = 1 m.

2. A particle travels along a straight line with a constant acceleration. When s = 4 ft, v = 3 ft/s and when
s = 10 ft, v = 8 ft/s. Determine the velocity as a function of position.

3. A particle is moving with a velocity of v0 when s = 0 and t = 0. If it is subjected to a deceleration of

a = -kv3, where k is a constant, determine its velocity and position as functions of time.

4. A particle is moving along a straight line such that its acceleration is defined as a = (-2v) m/s2, where v
is in meters per second. If v = 20 m/s when s = 0 and t = 0, determine the particle’s position, velocity,
and acceleration as functions of time.

5. The acceleration of a particle traveling along a straight line is a = (1/4 s1/2 ) m/s2, where s is in meters.
If v = 0, s = 1m when t = 0, determine the particle’s velocity at s = 2m.

6. A particle starts from s = 0 and travels along a straight line with a velocity v = (t 2 - 4t + 3) m/s, where t
is in seconds. Construct the v–t and a–t graphs for the time interval 0 ≤ t ≤ 4 s.

7. If the position of a particle is defined by s = [2 sin (π/5)t + 4] m, where t is in seconds, construct the s-
t, v-t, and a-t graphs for 0 ≤ t ≤ 10 s.

8. The velocity of a car is plotted as shown in the figure at the right.

Determine the total distance the car moves until it stops (t = 80 s).
Construct the a–t graph.

9. The velocity of a particle is v = { 3i + (6 - 2t)j } m/s, where t is in seconds.

If r = 0 when t = 0, determine the displacement of the particle during the
time interval t = 1 s to t = 3 s.

10. The velocity of a particle is given by v = {16t2 i + 4t3 j + (5t + 2) k} m/s, where t is in seconds. If the
particle is at the origin when t = 0, determine the magnitude of the particle’s acceleration when
t = 2 s. Also, what is the x, y, z coordinate position of the particle at this instant?

11. The position of a crate sliding down a ramp is given by x = (0.25t 3) m, y = (1.5t2) m, z = (6 − 0.75t5/2) m,
where t is in seconds. Determine the magnitude of the crate’s velocity and acceleration when t = 2 s.

12. The ball at A is kicked with a speed vA = 80 ft/s and at an

angle ϴA = 30°. Determine the point (x, –y) where it strikes the
ground. Assume the ground has the shape of a parabola
as shown.
13. A golf ball is struck with a velocity of 80 ft/s as shown.
Determine the speed at which it strikes the ground at B
and the time of flight from A to B.
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14. The automobile is originally at rest at s = 0. If its speed is

increased by 𝑣̇ = (0.05t2) ft/s2, where t is in seconds, determine the magnitudes of its velocity and
acceleration when t = 18 s.

15. The car travels along the circular path such that its speed is increased by
at = (0.5et) m/s2, where t is in seconds. Determine the magnitudes of its
velocity and acceleration after the car has traveled s = 18 m starting from rest.
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# 16 16. The car starts from rest at s = 0 and increases its speed at a t = 4 m/s2.
Determine the time when the magnitude of acceleration becomes 20 m/s2. At
what position s does this occur?

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17 If the speed of the crate at A is 15 ft/s, which is increasing at a rate # 17
𝑣̇ = 3 ft/s2, determine the magnitude of the acceleration of the crate at
this instant.

18. An airplane is flying in a straight line with a velocity of 200 mi/h and an acceleration of 3 mi/h2. If the
propeller has a diameter of 6 ft and is rotating at a constant angular rate of 120 rad/s, determine the
magnitudes of velocity and acceleration of a particle located on the tip of the propeller.

19. A radar gun at O rotates with the angular velocity of 𝜃̇ = 0.1 rad/s
and angular acceleration of 𝜃̈ = 0.025 rad/s2, at the instant 𝜃 = 45°,
as it follows the motion of the car traveling along the circular road # 19
having a radius of r = 200 m. Determine the magnitudes of velocity
and acceleration of the car at this instant.

20. A truck is traveling along the horizontal circular curve of radius r = 60 m

with a speed of 20 m/s which is increasing at 3 m/s2, Determine the truck’s
radial and transverse components of acceleration.

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