Q1.

The Figure below shows the acceleration versus time graph of a particle
moving along an axis. In which of the time intervals indicated in the figure,
does the particle move at constant speed? Explain.

Q2. A car starts from point A, goes 100 km in a straight line to point B,
immediately turns around, and returns to point A. The time for this round trip
is 2 hrs. What is the magnitude of the average velocity of the car for this
round trip?

Q3. A particle starts from rest at t = 0 s. Its acceleration as a function of time as

shown in the figure.

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What is its speed at the end of the 6.0 s? Ans: 4.0 m/s

Q4. The position of a particle as a function of time is described by the equation:

x(t) = 2.0 + 3.0 t t3, where x is in m and t is in s. What is the maximum
positive position of the particle on the x axis?
Ans: 4.0 m

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Q5. Two automobiles, 150 kilometers apart, are traveling toward each other. One
automobile is moving at 60km/h and the other is moving at 40 km/h. In how
many hours will they meet? Ans: 1.5

Q6. Two cars A and B travel on a straight line. The position of car A is given b xA
(t) =2.60 t + 1.20 t2, where t is in seconds and xA in m. The position of car B is
given by xB (t) =2.80 t2 0.20 t3. At what time the two cars will have the same
acceleration? Ans: 2.67 s

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Q7. A rock is thrown vertically upward from ground level at time t = 0. At time t
= 1.5 s it passes the top of a building of height H, and 1.0 s later it reached its
maximum height. What is the height H of the building? Ans: 26 m

Q8. Object is thrown vertically upwards and has a speed of 18 m/s when it
reaches one-fourth of its maximum height h above its launch point. Label the
relevant points and answer the following;
a) Determine the maximum height h.

b) What is the initial speed of throwing the object?

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Q9. A stone is thrown vertically up from the edge of the top of a 100 m high
building. It reaches the ground (at the bottom of the building) after 10.0 s. What
is the initial speed of the stone?
Ans: 39.0 m/s

100 m

Q10. A stone is thrown vertically downward from a building with an initial

speed of 2.0 m/s. It reaches the ground after 5.0 s. What is the height of the
building and at what time the stone reaches a height of 20 m above the ground?
Label the relevant points.

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x ( t )=16 t3.0 t 3

Q11. The position of a particle in meters is given by,

where the

time t is in seconds. At what time is the particle momentarily at rest ? Ans:

1.3 s

Q12. An object is moving along the x axis. The graph shows its position from the
starting point as a function of time. Various segments of the graph are identified
by the letters A, B, C, and D.

position (m)

a) What is the average velocity of the object during the time interval t = 0 to t
10
= 30 s ?
B

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A
0

10

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time(s)

b) What is the average speed of the object during the time interval t = 0 to t =
30 s?

v (m/s)

c) Use the above graph to sketch the graph of velocity v versus time t.

10

15
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20

25

30

t (s)