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MARY’S UNIVERSITY
PHYSICS

Work sheet -1 (2024)

1, suppose for two vectors A and B it is given that A.B=10, if │A+3B│=2│A+B│and │A│=8. What is the
magnitude of vector B,│B│?

2, given two vectors A= 4i-8j and B=i+2j-k, Find:

A, the magnitude of the two vectors

B, a vector C, such that A+B-C=0,

C, a unit vector in the direction of vector B,

D, A.B and AXB, and

E, the angle b/n vector A and vector C, where A+B-C=0

3, for what value of a are the vectors A= 2i+4j+6k and B= 3i +aj-3k perpendicular to each other?

4, what is the area of the parallelogram formed by the vectors A= 3i +5j and B=2i+6j?

5, given the vectors A= 3i+2j-k and B=-2+j+5k, find

A, the scalar product of the two vectors

B, the angle b/n the two vectors

6, find the vector product of A=2i+3j+4k and B=i-2j-5k

7, two vectors are given by A=i-3j+k and B=-i+j-k. Find,

A, A+B

B, A-B

8, given that: A+B= │A│i and A=-4i+11j. Find B?

9, for the two vectors A=4i-3j and B=-i-5j find the ratio

10, what must be vector C which when added with A= 9i-3j and B= i+10j gives rise to, M=7i+4j.

11, a certain force is expressible as F= 10i+bj. What is the value of b if the magnitude the force is 26N?

12, a car decelerates at 2m/s2 and comes to a stop after traveling 25m. Find

a, the speed of the car at the start of the deceleration

b, the time required to come to stop.

13, find a vector(s) of length √15m in the x-z plane that is perpendicular to the vector A= (2i+3j+k) m.
 14. A car travels north at 30 m/s for 10 min. It then travels south at 40m/s for 20 Min. What are the total distance the
car travels and its displacement?

15, consider the three vectors, A=3i+4j, B=2i-2j+4k, and C=-i+5j-3k. Show that the sum of the three vectors can
alternatively be computed by first summing A and B and then summing the resultant with C or by first summing B
and C and then summing the resultant with A.

16, a car is traveling along a straight road at a velocity of 30m/s when its engine cuts off. For the next ten seconds, the
car slows down, and its average acceleration is a1. For the next five seconds, the car slows down further at a velocity
of 24m/s, and its average acceleration is a2. The ratio of the average acceleration values is a1/a2=1.5. Find the velocity
of the car at the end of the initial ten-second interval.

17, while standing at the edge of a cliff 45m high, you drop a ball. When the ball has fallen 5m, you throw a second
ball straight down. What initial speed must you give the second ball if they are both to reach the ground at the same
time?

18, suppose the velocity of a particle is given by the equation, V=m+nt2, where m=10cm/s and n=2cm/s3.

A, find the change in velocity of the particle in the time interval b/n t1=2sec and t2=5sec

B, find the average acceleration in this time interval

C, find the instantaneous acceleration at time t1=2sec

19, the following equation shows the position of a particle in time t, x=at2i + btj where t is in second and x is in meter.
A=2m/s2, b=1m/s. Find

A, the average velocity of the particle in the time interval t1=2sec and t2=3sec

B, the velocity and acceleration at any time t.

C, the average acceleration in the time interval given in part (a)

20. a sports car moving at a constant speed travels 110m in 5sec. it then takes and comes to a stop in 4. What is its
acceleration?
21. Two forces, one 10N and another of 20N, act on a body in such a way that the make an angle of 900 to each
other, find the resultant of the two forces?

22. a car is traveling along a straight level track with an average speed of 25m/s. it takes off with an initial speed of
15m/s. what is its final speed?

23. Two forces F1 and F2 act on a body such that the total force F3 has a magnitude of 150N at 150east of north; If F1
has magnitude 100N at 100west of north, what is the magnitude and direction of F2?
24. If B is added to A the result is 6i+j, if B is subtracted from A the result is 4i+7j, what are the magnitude of A and
B?

25. The vector position of a particle varies in time a according to the expression r = (3i -6t2) m.

a. Find expressions for the velocity and acceleration as function of time.

b. Determine the particle’s position& velocity at t = 1sec

26. A ball is thrown at an angle of 300 above the horizontal ground with a velocity of 10 m/s. What is the horizontal
component of the velocity after 0.5 sec? (Use g =10m/s2, sin 30o = 0.5, cos300 = 0.87)

27. The position of the a particle moving along the x-axis is given by the x=3t2-5t, where x is in meters and t is in
second. What is the speed of the particles?

28. A projective is fired in such a way that is horizontal range is equal to two Times its maximum height what is the
angle of projection?

29. Starting from rest, a truck can reach 60 m/s in 5 sec. What is the truck’s acceleration?

30, the position of a particle moving along the x axis is described by x=8t2-6t, where x is in meters and t is in seconds.
What is the acceleration of the particle?

31, a car traveling at a constant acceleration covers the distance b/n two points 180m a part in 6sec. if the speed of the
car at the second points is 45m/se, what is the acceleration of the car?
32, position of the particle is given by x= (5t+10) m t is in second.

A, what is the initial position of the particle

B, what is the displacement of the particle in time interval t= 5 sec and t=10 sec

C, compute the average velocity of the particle in this time interval

D, compute the instantaneous velocity

33, an automobile is initially moving with a velocity of 15m/s east, the driver puts on the brakes and the automobile
slows down to 5m/s in a time of 5 sec, what was the cars average acceleration?

34, running with an initial velocity of 10m/s a horse has an average acceleration of -1.8m/s2. How long does it take
for the horse to decreases its velocity 5.5m/s?

35,a motor cycle starts from rest and accelerates at 3m/s2, how far has is travelled in, A, 1sec B, 2 sec C, 3sec

36, an Olympic long jumper leaves the ground at angle of 450 and travels through the air for a horizontal distance of
8m before landing. What is the velocity of the jumper?
37, a1.5kg particle is moving along a circular path of radius 2m with a speed of 6m/s. what is the magnitude of the
force actin on the particle

38, what is the centripetal acceleration of the earth as is moves in its own orbit around the the sun?

39.a train starting from rest moves with uniform acceleration and covers 600m in 6sec. where was the train 4 sec
after the beginning of its motion?

40,A car initially travelling at 60km/hr accelerates at a constant rate of 2m/s2.How much time is required for the car
to reach a speed of 90km/hr?

41, a particle moves in a circle of radius 20cm with a linear speed of 10m/s. find the angular velocity?

42, An object moves with initial velocity of 80m/s and then decelerates at 2m/s² for 30second. What is it's final
velocity?

43. If a body accelerates uniformly from initial velocity of 3m/s to a final velocity of 7m/s in 2second. It then
slowdown uniformly to velocity of 5m/s in 1second. Calculate acceleration if this body:

a, during the first 2second.

b, during the last 1second.

44, a car staring from rest accelerates at 5m/s2 or 6 sec. what is the average velocity of the car?

45, the astronaut on the moon drops a spanner. It takes 1.7 sec to fall a distance of 2.3m. Determine the acceleration
due to gravity on the moon.

46, A ball is projected with velocity 10m/s at an angle of 300 with the horizontal surface .the maximum height
attained by the projectile is (sin30=0.5, cos30=0.866)
47, A 200kg truck traveling at 36km/hr. strikes a tree and comes to a stop in 0.1sec. What is force on the truck during
the crash ?

48, a force of 3i-4j N acted on an object of mass 2kg. if the object starts from rest, what will be the velocity vector of
the object after 6 sec?

49, a body that was moving with a speed of 72km/hr starts to decelerations at 2m/s2. How far it does travels until it
stops?

50. The magnitude of vector A and B are 3 and 4 respectively. What is largest and smallest possible
Values of the magnitudes of their resultant?

Set by:- Mr. Bayleyegn A. (Msc)