Assignment
Assignment
Assignment
2. A projectile is shot from the edge of a high cliff with initial velocity 25 m/s at an angle of
30 above the horizontal
a. What is the Time of flight
b. Calculate a maximum height
c. Determine a maximum range
3. A player kicked a football at a speed of 25 m/s at an angle of 40° above the horizontal.
Calculate a) time of ball to reach a maximum height b) the total time of flight c) maximum
height of which the ball was kicked.
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4. a.) A car is travelling on a flat road at a speed of 110 km/h. Suddenly the driver noticed several
cows lying on the road 45 m ahead fully blocking the road. She applied full braking that cause the
car to decelerate at 10 m/s2. Assuming that the cows stay put, will the car hit the cows?
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b.) Show that 𝑠 = 𝑢𝑡 + 𝑎𝑡 2
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c.) A force of 20 N was applied to an object of 5 kg of mass. Calculate the acceleration due
to gravity
5. a.) A force of 100 N was applied to an object of 5 kg of mass. Calculate the acceleration
due to gravity.
b.) A car travels a distance of 200 meters in 20 seconds. What is its average velocity?
c.) a car travelled at a distance of 400 km/h, given a speed of 50 m/s. Calculate the time
taken of a car to travelled.
6. a.) How much electrical energy would be used by an elevator lifting a 75 kg person through
a height of 50 m.
b.) Acceleration has SI units of ms−2 and force has the dimension of mass multiplied by
acceleration. What are the dimensions of work done and power, expressed in terms of the base
dimensions and units?
c.) Determine the dimensional formula for the a.) Pressure b.) Kinetic energy
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9. a.) State Newton’s second law of motion and its application
b.) Determine the force of an object dropped from a top of a tower with the mass of 100 kg
and acceleration of 5 m/s2.
c.) what do you understand by maximum height of a projectile and derive its formula.