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    1. A car starting from rest at a traffic light reaches a speed of 25m/s in 10s . Find
    the acceleration of the car and the distance travelled.

    2. The safe take-off velocity of a particular passenger plane is set at 210km/h .


    Find the minimum acceleration that the airplane needs to move on a 2.2km
    runway.

    3. A bullet of mass 3.0g moving at 350m/s hits a tree and penetrates through a distance
    of 12 cm before coming to rest. Determine the retarding force exerted on the bullet

    4. Two blocks of masses m1 = 5.6 kg and m2 =3.8 kg are connected by a light spring on
    a horizontal frictionless table. At a certain instant m2 has an acceleration a2= 2.6m/s2
    . Determine the acceleration of m1

    .
    5. The electric motor of a model train accelerates the train from rest to 0.620 m/s in 21.0
    ms. The total mass of the train is 875 g. Find the
    (i) Acceleration

    (ii) distance moved

    (iii) The force on the train during its acceleration.

    6. A spring of force constant 80N/m is stretched through a distance of 1.2cm.


    Determine the work done

    7. a) A force of 50N acts on a mass of 0.8kg starting from rest. Calculate


    (i) The acceleration
    (ii) The final velocity after 20 seconds
    (iii) The distance moved in metres

    8. The motion of a particle is given by x = 4t3+2t2 -3t, where x is distance in meter


    and t is time in sec. Determine

    a) the velocity of the particle after 10 sec.


    b) the acceleration of the particle. State whether acceleration is uniform of variable.
    9 A jetliner touches down at 240 km/hr. the plane then decelerates at 4.5m/s2 . What is the
    minimum runway length on which this aircraft can land?

    10. A stone is thrown off the bridge 20 m above the river with an initial speed of 25 m/s at an
    angle of 45o above the horizontal Determine .
    (a) the time it take for the stone to strike the water below

    (b) the speed of the stone just before it strikes the water surface?

    11. A painter drops a 1.5kg can o paint from a height of 9m . Determine


    (i) The kinetic energy of the can when it is at a height is at a height of 4m.

    (ii) The speed at which the can hits the ground.

    12. A projectile was fired with an initial velocity of 200m/s at an angle of 300
    to the horizontal. Neglecting air resistance, until it strikes the horizontal level, calculate:
    (i)the time taken
    (i) The horizontal range

    13. An inextensible cable of negligible mass is used to drag a log on a rough horizontal surface.
    The tension in the cable is 850 N and it acts at an angle of 35° to the horizontal. The log is dragged
    over a distance of 45m. The frictional force experienced by the log is 150 N.
    a) Define the term work.
    b) Calculate the net work done on the log.

    14. A marksman holds a rifle of mass 𝑚𝑅 = 3.0 𝑘𝑔 loosely in his hands, so as to let it recoil freely
    when fired. He fires a bullet of mass 𝑚𝐵 = 5.0 𝑔 horizontally with a velocity relative to the ground
    of 𝑣𝐵 = 300 𝑚⁄𝑠. What is the recoil velocity of the rifle? What is the kinetic energy of the bullet?

    15. The angular velocity of helicopter blades (a rotor) changes from 320 rev/min to 225 rev/min
    in 5.0 s as the rotor slows down to rest.
    a) What time interval is required for the blades to come to rest from their initial angular velocity
    of 320 rev/min?
    b) How many revolutions do the blades make in coming to rest from the initial 320 rev/min?

    Nos 2, 10 and15 to be handed in as assignment 17th Dec 2024

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