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The Physics Classroom(/) Physics Tutorial(/class) 1-D Kinematics(/Physics-Tutorial/1-D-Kinematics) Sample Problems and Solutions
2. A car starts from rest and accelerates uniformly over a time of 5.21 seconds for a distance of 110 m. Determine the acceleration of the
car.
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3. Upton Chuck is riding the Giant Drop at Great America. If Upton free falls for 2.60 seconds, what will be his final velocity and how far
will he fall?
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4. A race car accelerates uniformly from 18.5 m/s to 46.1 m/s in 2.47 seconds. Determine the acceleration of the car and the distance
traveled.
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5. A feather is dropped on the moon from a height of 1.40 meters. The acceleration of gravity on the moon is 1.67 m/s2. Determine the
time for the feather to fall to the surface of the moon.
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6. Rocket-powered sleds are used to test the human response to acceleration. If a rocket-powered sled is accelerated to a speed of 444
m/s in 1.83 seconds, then what is the acceleration and what is the distance that the sled travels?
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7. A bike accelerates uniformly from rest to a speed of 7.10 m/s over a distance of 35.4 m. Determine the acceleration of the bike.
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8. An engineer is designing the runway for an airport. Of the planes that will use the airport, the lowest acceleration rate is likely to be 3
m/s2. The takeoff speed for this plane will be 65 m/s. Assuming this minimum acceleration, what is the minimum allowed length for the
runway?
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9. A car traveling at 22.4 m/s skids to a stop in 2.55 s. Determine the skidding distance of the car (assume uniform acceleration).
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10. A kangaroo is capable of jumping to a height of 2.62 m. Determine the takeoff speed of the kangaroo.
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11. If Michael Jordan has a vertical leap of 1.29 m, then what is his takeoff speed and his hang time (total time to move upwards to the peak
and then return to the ground)?
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12. A bullet leaves a rifle with a muzzle velocity of 521 m/s. While accelerating through the barrel of the rifle, the bullet moves a distance of
0.840 m. Determine the acceleration of the bullet (assume a uniform acceleration).
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13. A baseball is popped straight up into the air and has a hang-time of 6.25 s. Determine the height to which the ball rises before it reaches
its peak. (Hint: the time to rise to the peak is one-half the total hang-time.)
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14. The observation deck of tall skyscraper 370 m above the street. Determine the time required for a penny to free fall from the deck to
the street below.
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15. A bullet is moving at a speed of 367 m/s when it embeds into a lump of moist clay. The bullet penetrates for a distance of 0.0621 m.
Determine the acceleration of the bullet while moving into the clay. (Assume a uniform acceleration.)
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16. A stone is dropped into a deep well and is heard to hit the water 3.41 s after being dropped. Determine the depth of the well.
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17. It was once recorded that a Jaguar left skid marks that were 290 m in length. Assuming that the Jaguar skidded to a stop with a
constant acceleration of -3.90 m/s2, determine the speed of the Jaguar before it began to skid.
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18. A plane has a takeoff speed of 88.3 m/s and requires 1365 m to reach that speed. Determine the acceleration of the plane and the time
required to reach this speed.
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19. A dragster accelerates to a speed of 112 m/s over a distance of 398 m. Determine the acceleration (assume uniform) of the dragster.
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20. With what speed in miles/hr (1 m/s = 2.23 mi/hr) must an object be thrown to reach a height of 91.5 m (equivalent to one football field)?
Assume negligible air resistance.
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Find:
t = 32.8 s
vi = 0 m/s
d = ??
d = vi*t + 0.5*a*t2
2.
Given:
d = 110 m
Find:
t = 5.21 s
vi = 0 m/s
a = ??
d = vi*t + 0.5*a*t2
110 m = (0 m/s)*(5.21 s)+ 0.5*(a)*(5.21 s)2
110 m = (13.57 s2)*a
a = (110 m)/(13.57 s2)
a = 8.10 m/ s2
Return to Problem 2
3.
Find:
Given:
a = -9.8 m
t = 2.6 s
d = ??
vf = ??
vi = 0 m/s
d = vi*t + 0.5*a*t2
d = (0 m/s)*(2.60 s)+ 0.5*(-9.8 m/s2)*(2.60 s)2
d = -33.1 m (- indicates direction)
vf = vi + a*t
vf = 0 + (-9.8 m/s2)*(2.60 s)
vf = -25.5 m/s (- indicates direction)
Return to Problem 3
4.
Find:
Given:
vi = 18.5 m/s
vf = 46.1 m/s
t = 2.47 s
a = (Delta v)/t
a = (46.1 m/s - 18.5 m/s)/(2.47 s)
a = 11.2 m/s2
d = vi*t + 0.5*a*t2
d = (18.5 m/s)*(2.47 s)+ 0.5*(11.2 m/s2)*(2.47 s)2
d = 45.7 m + 34.1 m
d = 79.8 m
(Note: the d can also be calculated using the equation vf2 = vi2 + 2*a*d)
Return to Problem 4(http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/1DKin/U1L6d.cfm#q4)
d = ??
a = ??
5.
Given:
vi = 0 m/s
Find:
a = -1.67 m/s2
d = -1.40 m
t = ??
d = vi*t + 0.5*a*t2
-1.40 m = (0 m/s)*(t)+ 0.5*(-1.67 m/s2)*(t)2
-1.40 m = 0+ (-0.835 m/s2)*(t)2
(-1.40 m)/(-0.835 m/s2) = t2
1.68 s2 = t2
t = 1.29 s
Return to Problem 5(http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/1DKin/U1L6d.cfm#q5)
6.
Find:
Given:
vi = 0 m/s
vf = 444 m/s
a = ??
d = ??
t = 1.83 s
a = (Delta v)/t
a = (444 m/s - 0 m/s)/(1.83 s)
a = 243 m/s2
d = vi*t + 0.5*a*t2
7.
Given:
vi = 0 m/s
Find:
vf = 7.10 m/s
d = 35.4 m
a = ??
8.
Given:
vi = 0 m/s
Find:
a = 3 m/s2
vf = 65 m/s
d = ??
9.
Given:
vi = 22.4 m/s
Find:
vf = 0 m/s
t = 2.55 s
d = (vi + vf)/2 *t
d = (22.4 m/s + 0 m/s)/2 *2.55 s
d = (11.2 m/s)*2.55 s
d = ??
d = 28.6 m
Return to Problem 9(http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/1DKin/U1L6d.cfm#q9)
10.
Given:
a = -9.8 m/s2
Find:
vf = 0 m/s
d = 2.62 m
vi = ??
11.
Given:
a = -9.8 m/s2
Find:
vf = 0 m/s
d = 1.29 m
vi = ??
t = ??
12.
Given:
vi = 0 m/s
Find:
vf = 521 m/s
d = 0.840 m
a = ??
13.
Given:
a = -9.8 m/s2
a.
Find:
vf = 0 m/s
t = 3.13 s
d = ??
(NOTE: the time required to move to the peak of the trajectory is one-half the total hang time - 3.125 s.)
14.
Given:
vi = 0 m/s
Find:
a = -9.8 m/s2
d = -370 m
t = ??
d = vi*t + 0.5*a*t2
-370 m = (0 m/s)*(t)+ 0.5*(-9.8 m/s2)*(t)2
-370 m = 0+ (-4.9 m/s2)*(t)2
(-370 m)/(-4.9 m/s2) = t2
75.5 s2 = t2
t = 8.69 s
Return to Problem 14(http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/1DKin/U1L6d.cfm#q14)
15.
Given:
vi = 367 m/s
Find:
vf = 0 m/s
d = 0.0621 m
a = ??
16.
Given:
Find:
a = -9.8 m/s2
t = 3.41 s
vi = 0 m/s
d = ??
d = vi*t + 0.5*a*t2
d = (0 m/s)*(3.41 s)+ 0.5*(-9.8 m/s2)*(3.41 s)2
d = 0 m+ 0.5*(-9.8 m/s2)*(11.63 s2)
d = -57.0 m
(NOTE: the - sign indicates direction)
Return to Problem 16(http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/1DKin/U1L6d.cfm#q16)
17.
Given:
Find:
a = -3.90 m/s2
vf = 0 m/s
d = 290 m
vi = ??
18.
Find:
Given:
vi = 0 m/s
vf = 88.3 m/s
d = 1365 m
a = ??
t = ??
t = ??
vf2 = vi2 + 2*a*d
2
(88.3 m/s) = (0 m/s)2 + 2*(a)*(1365 m)
7797 m2/s2 = (0 m2/s2) + (2730 m)*a
7797 m2/s2 = (2730 m)*a
(7797 m2/s2)/(2730 m) = a
a = 2.86 m/s2
vf = vi + a*t
88.3 m/s = 0 m/s + (2.86 m/s2)*t
(88.3 m/s)/(2.86 m/s2) = t
t = 30. 8 s
Return to Problem 18(http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/1DKin/U1L6d.cfm#q18)
19.
Given:
Find:
vi = 0 m/s
vf = 112 m/s
d = 398 m
a = ??
20.
Find:
Given:
a = -9.8 m/s2
vf = 0 m/s
d = 91.5 m
First, find speed in units of m/s:
vf2 = vi2 + 2*a*d
vi = ??
t = ??
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