1. An arrow is shot horizontally with a speed of 20. m/s from the top of a tower 60. m high.

The time
to reach the ground will be:

a) 8.9 s
b) 7.1 s
c) 3.5 s
d) 2.6 s
e) 1.0 s

2. A projectile is launched from the top of a building with an initial velocity of 30.0 m/s at an angle
of 60.0° above the horizontal. The magnitude of its velocity at t = 5.00 s after the launch is:

a) 23.0 m/s.
b) 7.3 m/s.
c) 15.0 m/s.
d) 27.5 m/s.
e) 50.4 m/s.

3. A ball is thrown at an angle between 0° and 90° with respect to the horizontal. Its velocity and
acceleration vectors are parallel to each other at a launch angle of:

a) 0°.
b) 45°.
c) 60°.
d) 90°.
e) none of the above.

4. During practice two baseball outfielders throw a ball to the shortstop. In both cases the distance
is 40.0 m. Outfielder 1 throws the ball with an initial speed of 20.0 m/s, outfielder 2 throws the ball
with an initial speed of 30.0 m/s. In both cases the balls are thrown and caught at the same height
above ground.

a) Ball 1 is in the air for a shorter time than ball 2.

b) Ball 2 is in the air for a shorter time than ball 1.
c) Both balls are in the air for the same duration.
d) The answer cannot be decided from the information given.

5. A 50-g ball rolls off a countertop and lands 2 m from the base of the counter. A 100-g ball rolls off
the same countertop with the same speed. It lands from the base of the counter.

a) less than 1 m
b) 1m
c) 2m
d) 4m
e) more than 4 m
6. For a given initial speed of an ideal projectile, there is (are) ________ launch angle(s) for which the
range of the projectile is the same.

a) only one
b) two different
c) more than two but a finite number of
d) only one if the angle is 45° but otherwise two different
e) an infinite number of

7. A cruise ship moves southward in still water at a speed of 20.0 km/h, while a passenger on the
deck of the ship walks toward the east at a speed of 5.0 km/h. The passenger’s velocity with
respect to Earth is:

a) 20.6 km/h, at an angle of 14.04° east of south.

b) 20.6 km/h, at an angle of 14.04° south of east.
c) 25.0 km/h, south.
d) 25.0 km/h, east.
e) 20.6 km/h, south.

8. Two cannonballs are shot from different cannons at angles 𝜃01 = 20° and 𝜃02 = 30°,
respectively. Assuming ideal projectile motion, the ratio of the launching speeds, 𝑣01 /𝑣02 , for
which the two cannonballs achieve the same range is:

a) 0.742.
b) 0.862.
c) 1.212.
d) 1.093.
e) 2.222.

9. The acceleration due to gravity on the Moon is 1.62 𝑚/𝑠 2 , approximately a sixth of the value on
Earth. For a given initial velocity 𝑣0 and a given launch angle 𝜃0 , the ratio of the range of an ideal
projectile on the Moon to the range of the same projectile on Earth, 𝑅𝑀𝑜𝑜𝑛 /𝑅𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑡ℎ , will be
approximately:

a) 6.
b) 3.
c) 12.
d) 5.
e) 1.

10. In ideal projectile motion, the velocity and acceleration of the projectile at its maximum height
are, respectively,

a) horizontal, vertical downward.

b) horizontal, zero.
c) zero, zero.
d) zero, vertical downward.
e) zero, horizontal
11. A baseball is launched from the bat at an angle θ0 = 30.0° with respect to the positive x-axis and
with an initial speed of 40.0 m/s, and it is caught at the same height from which it was hit.
Assuming ideal projectile motion (positive y-axis upward), the velocity of the ball when it is caught
is:

a) ( 20.00 𝑥̂ + 34.64 𝑦̂) m/s.

b) (−20.00 𝑥̂ + 34.64 𝑦̂) m/s.
c) ( 𝟑𝟒. 𝟔𝟒 𝒙 ̂) m/s.
̂ − 𝟐𝟎. 𝟎𝟎 𝒚
d) ( 34.64 𝑥̂ + 20.00 𝑦̂) m/s.

12. In ideal projectile motion, when the positive y-axis is chosen to be vertically upward, the y-
component of the acceleration of the object during the ascending part of the motion and the y-
component of the acceleration during the descending part of the motion are,

a) positive, negative.
b) negative, positive.
c) positive, positive.
d) negative, negative.

13. In ideal projectile motion, when the positive y-axis is chosen to be vertically upward, the y-
component of the velocity of the object during the ascending part of the motion and the y-
component of the velocity during the descending part of the motion are, respectively,

a) positive, negative.
b) negative, positive.
c) positive, positive.
d) negative, negative.

14. A projectile is launched from a height 𝑦0 = 0. For a given launch angle, if the launch speed is
doubled, what will happen to the range R and the maximum height H of the projectile?

a) R and H will both double.

b) R and H will both quadruple.
c) R will double, and H will stay the same.
d) R will quadruple, and H will double.
e) R will double, and H will quadruple.

15. A projectile is launched twice from a height 𝑦0 = 0 at a given launch speed, 𝑣0 . The first launch
angle is 30.0°; the second angle is 60.0°. What can you say about the range R of the projectile in
these two cases?

a) R is the same for both cases.

b) R is larger for a launch angle of 30.0°.
c) R is larger for a launch angle of 60.0°.
d) None of the preceding statements is true.
1. An object is thrown downward with an initial (t=0) speed of 10 m/s from a height of 60 m above
the ground. At the same instant (t=0), a second object is propelled vertically upward from ground
level with a speed of 40 m/s. At what height above the ground will the two objects pass each
other?

41 m

2. A rock is thrown horizontally from the top of a building with an initial speed of 𝑣 = 10.1 m/s. If it
lands 𝑑 = 57.1 m from the base of the building, how high is the building?

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3. A rock is thrown downward from an unknown height above the ground with an initial speed of
10 m/s. It strikes the ground 3.0 s later. Determine the initial height of the rock above the ground.

74 m

4. A ball is thrown vertically from the ground and is caught 3.0 s later by a person on a balcony,
which is 14 m above the ground. Determine the initial speed of the ball.

19 m/s
5. An object is thrown vertically upward such that it has a speed of 25 m/s when it reaches two-
thirds of its maximum height above the launch point. Determine the maximum height.

96 m

6. A 1.60-m-tall girl throws a football horizontally at an initial velocity of 9.40 m/s. How far away from
the girl will it land?

5.4 m

7. What is the maximum height obtained by a 125-g apple that is slung from a slingshot at an angle
of 78° from the horizontal with an initial velocity of 18 m/s?

16 m

8. A baseball is hit at ground level. The ball reaches its maximum height above ground level 3.0s
after being hit. Then 2.5s after reaching its maximum height, the ball barely clears a fence that is
97.5m from where it was hit. Assume the ground is level.

a. What maximum height above ground level is reached by the ball?

b. How high is the fence?
c. How far beyond the fence does the ball strike the ground?

a. 44.1 m

b. 13.5 m

c. 8.86 m
9. A rifle is aimed horizontally at the centre of a large target 60 m away. The initial speed of the bullet
is 240 m/s. What is the distance from the centre of the target to the point where the bullet strikes
the target?

0.31 m

10. An airplane flies horizontally with a speed of 300 m/s at an altitude of 400 m above the level
ground. The pilot gently releases a bomb to hit a target on the ground. Neglecting air
resistance, to 3 significant figures,

a) at what horizontal distance from the target must the pilot release the bomb?
b) how long does the bomb remain above the ground after release?

a. 2.7 km

b. 9 s

11. What is the magnitude of an object’s average velocity if the object moves from a point with
coordinates 𝑥 = 2.0 m, 𝑦 = - 3.0 m to a point with coordinates 𝑥 = 5.0 m, 𝑦 = - 9.0 m in a time
interval of 2.4 s?

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12. A rabbit runs in a garden such that the x- and y-components of its displacement as functions of
time are given by 𝑥(𝑡) = −0.45𝑡 2 − 6.5𝑡 + 25 and 𝑦(𝑡) = 0.35𝑡 2 + 8.3𝑡 + 34. (Both x and y
are in meters and t is in seconds.)

a) Calculate the rabbit’s position (magnitude and direction) at t = 10.0 s.

b) Calculate the rabbit’s velocity at t = 10.0 s.
c) Determine the acceleration vector at t = 10.0 s.

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13. A football is kicked with an initial speed of 27.5 m/s and a launch angle of 56.7°. What is its hang
time (the time until it hits the ground again)?

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14. An object is launched at a speed of 20.0 m/s from the top of a tall tower. The height 𝑦 of the object
as a function of the time 𝑡 elapsed from launch is 𝑦(𝑡) = −4.90𝑡 2 + 19.32𝑡 + 60.0, where ℎ is in
meters and 𝑡 is in seconds. Determine:

a) the height 𝐻 of the tower.

b) the launch angle.
c) the horizontal distance travelled by the object before it hits the ground.

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15. If you want to use a catapult to throw rocks and the maximum range you need these projectiles
to have is 0.67 km, what initial speed do the rocks have to have as they leave the catapult?

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16. You are walking on a moving walkway in an airport. The length of the walkway is 59.1 m. If your
velocity relative to the walkway is 2.35 m/s and the walkway moves with a velocity of 1.77 m/s, how
long will it take you to reach the other end of the walkway?

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17. You want to cross a straight section of a river that has a uniform current of 5.33 m/s and is 127. m
wide. Your motorboat has an engine that can generate a speed of 17.5 m/s for your boat. Assume
that you reach top speed right away (that is, neglect the time it takes to accelerate the boat to
top speed).

a) If you want to go directly across the river with a 90.0° angle relative to the riverbank, at what
angle relative to the riverbank should you point your boat?
b) How long will it take to cross the river in this way?

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18. A baseball is thrown with a velocity of 31.1 m/s at an angle of θ = 33.4° above horizontal. What is
the horizontal component of the ball’s velocity at the highest point of the ball’s trajectory?

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19. A firefighter, 60.0 m away from a burning building, directs a stream of water from a ground-level
fire hose at an angle of 37.0° above the horizontal. If the water leaves the hose at 40.3 m/s, which
floor of the building will the stream of water strike? Each floor is 4.00 m high.

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20. To determine the gravitational acceleration at the surface of a newly discovered planet, scientists
perform a projectile motion experiment. They launch a small model rocket at an initial speed of
50.0 m/s and an angle of 30.0° above the horizontal and measure the (horizontal) range on flat
ground to be 2165 m. Determine the value of g for the planet.

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