4C-I PHYSICS ASSIGNMENT

1. A sports car accelerates from rest at 4ms-2 for 10s. Calculate.

a) its final velocity.
b) the distance travelled.
2. A girl on a bicycle accelerates uniformly from rest to 10ms-1 in 50m. Find:
a) her acceleration.
b) the time taken.
3. A fighter plane lands on the deck of an aircraft carrier at a velocity of 60ms-1 and is
brought to rest in 2 seconds by an arrester wire.
a) What is the acceleration?
b) How far does it travel in this time?
4. A train increases speed steadily from 10m/s to 20m/s in 1 minute.
a) What is its average speed during this time in m/s?
b) How far does it travel while increasing its speed?
5. A boat starts from rest and has a uniform acceleration of 2ms-2. Calculate the time taken
and the distance travelled to attain a velocity of 20ms-1.
6. A car with a velocity of 12ms-1 takes 6s to come to rest when the brakes are applied.
Find its:
a) its acceleration.
b) its deceleration.
c) the distance it covers in coming to rest.