Exercise 3
Exercise 3
Exercise 3
EXERCISE #3
KINEMATICS (Motion on Straight Line)
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1. How far does an automobile move while its speed increases uniformly from 15 mi/hr to 45
mi/hr. in 10 s?
2. An airplane requires a speed of 80 mi/hr to be airborne. It start from rest on a runway 1600
ft long. a) What must be the minimum safe acceleration of the airplane? b) With this
acceleration, how many seconds will it take for the plane to acquire its needed speed for
take off? (80 mi/hr - 117.3 ft/s).
3. A car starts from rest and accelerates 6 m/s2 for 5 s after which it travels with a constant
velocity for 9 s. The brakes are then applied so that it decelerates at
4 m/s2. Find the total distance traveled by the car.
4. An object starts from rest and accelerates 4 m/s2. a) How far will it travel after 2s? b) How
far will it travel during the third second?
5. A freight train is travelling with a velocity of 15 m/s. at the instant if passes through a
station a passenger train at rest starts to accelerate 3 m/s2 in the same direction as the
velocity of the freight train? a) In how many seconds will the passengers train overtake the
freight train? b) How far will the passenger train travel before it overtakes the freight train?
6. The brakes of a car are capable of producing an acceleration of 20 m/s2. How far will the
car go in the course of slowing down from 90 m/s to 30 m/c (180 m)
7. At the instant the traffic lights turn green, an automobile that has been waiting at an
intersection starts ahead with a constant acceleration of 2 m/s2. At the same instant a truck
traveling with a constant velocity of 10 m/s overtakes and passes the automobile. a) How
far beyond its starting point will the automobile overtakes the truck b) How fast will it be
traveling. (100 m, 20 m/s).
8. A sporting car starting from rest accelerates 40 km/hr2 for 30 min after which it travels with
a constant velocity of 1 hr. When the brakes wire applied it slow down at 2 km/hr2 until it
stops. Find the total distance covered. (3.5 km)
9. A truck starts from rest and rolls down a hill with constant acceleration. It travels a distance
of 400 m in the first 20 s. Find the acceleration and the speed of the truck after 20 sec. (2
m/s2; 40 m/s)
10. What velocity is attained by an object which is accelerated at 0.3 m/s2 from a distance of 50
m if its initial velocity is 0.5 m/s. (5.5 m/s)
11. The brakes of an automobile traveling with a velocity of 50 ft/s are suddenly applied. If the
automobile comes to a stop after 5 s what is its acceleration?