Kinematics M - C Questions
Kinematics M - C Questions
Kinematics M - C Questions
(1) A ball is released from rest and falls a distance h under the influence of gravity. Its average speed
during the fall is closest to
(2) Someone drops an object off a tower. The object hits the ground with a speed proportional to
I. II. III.
(a) I only (b) II only (c) III only (d) I and II (e) II and III
(4) A cannon fires a shell at a target 1200 m. away on a horizontal flat plain (ignore air resistance). While
the shell is in flight, its acceleration is
(5) As a drag-racing car moves from rest at t = 0, its velocity varies as the square of the elapsed time
according to the equation v = bt2, where b is a constant. The expression for the distance traveled by
the car from its position at t = 0 is
bt 3 bt 2
(a) bt3 (b) (c) 4bt2 (d) 3bt2 (e)
3 3
(6) An object, released from rest at t = 0, slides down a frictionless incline a distance of 1 meter during
the first second. The distance traveled by the object during the time interval t = 1 sec. to t = 2 sec. is
An object moves according to the equation x = vt + kebt, where k, v, and b are constants, x
represents distance in meters, t represents time in seconds, and e is the base of the natural
logarithms.
(a) sec (b) sec-1 (c) sec2 (d) logarithm (e) nonexistent, b is a pure number
1
(9) The acceleration at t = sec is closest to
b
v
(a) 0 (b) (c) kb2 (d) k (e) 2.72kb2
b
(a) meters (b) meters/sec (c) sec (d) sec/meter (e) non-existent, k is a pure number
An object moving in a straight line has a velocity v in meters per second that varies with time
t in seconds according to the following function.
v = 4 + 0.5t2
(a) 2 m/s2 (b) 4 m/s2 (c) 5 m/s2 (d) 6 m/s2 (e) 8 m/s2
(13) A rock is dropped from the top of a 45-meter tower, and at the same time a ball is thrown from the
top of the same tower in a horizontal direction. Air resistance is negligible. The ball and the rock
hit the level ground 30 meters apart. The horizontal velocity of the ball thrown was most nearly
(a) 5 m/s (b) 10 m/s (c) 14.1 m/s (d) 20 m/s (e) 28.3 m/s