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d = g t2
d=5m
g = 10 m/s2

t = sqrt (2d/g)
t = sqrtt (1)
t = 1 second

Time to hit gground = 1 second

In that 1 second, horizontal distance
travelled = 20m
Horizontal speed = 20 m/s
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-- Questions -MULTIPLE CHOICE

CHOICE.
Choose the one alternative that
best completes the statement or
answers the question.

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1) An object is dropped and freely falls to the ground with an

acceleration of 1 g. If it is thrown upward at an angle instead, its
acceleration will be
A) 0 g.
B) 1 g downward.
C)) 1 g upward.
d
D) larger than 1 g.
E)) none of these.
2) A hunter on level ground fires a bullet at an angle of 10 degrees
below the horizontal while simultaneously dropping another bullet from
the level of the rifle. Which bullet will hit the ground first?
A) the dropped one
B) B
Both
h hi
hit at the
h same time.
i
C) the fired one

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3) Which would require the greater change in the Earth's orbital speed
(30 km/s); slowing down so the Earth crashes into the sun, or
speeding up so the Earth escapes the sun?
A) slowing down
B) same each way
C)) speeding
di up
4)) A pprojectile
j
is thrown into the air at an angle
g of 50 degrees
g
and lands
on a target that is at the same level at which the projectile started. It
will also land on the target if it is thrown at an angle of
A) 40 degrees.
degrees
B) 45 degrees.
C) 55 degrees.
D) 60 ddegrees.
E) none of these.

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5) From Earth, one satellite appears to overtake another. The faster

satellite is
A) higher.
higher
B) lower.
C) can't say.
6) A gun with a muzzle velocity of 100 m/s is fired horizontally from a
tower. Neglecting
g
g air resistance,, where will the bullet be 1 second
later?
A) 50 m down range
B) 98 m down range
C) 100 m down range
D) 490 m down range
E) none off these
h

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7) A ball player wishes to determine pitching speed by throwing a ball

horizontally from an elevation of 5 m above the ground. The player
sees the ball land 20 m down range.
range What is the player
player'ss pitching
speed?
A) about 5 m/s
B)) about
b
10 m/s
/
C) about 20 m/s
D)) about 25 m/s
E) none of these
8) An object is thrown vertically into the air.
air Because of air resistance,
resistance
the time for its descent will be
A) longer than the ascent time.
B) equall to the
h ascent time.
i
C) shorter than the ascent time.
g information ggiven to say.
y
D)) not enough
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9) What prevents satellites such as the space shuttle from falling?

A) the absence of air drag
B) gravity
C) centrifugal force
D) centripetal force
E)) Nothing;
hi
they
h continually
i ll fall
f ll all
ll aroundd the
h earth.
h
10)) A "weightless"
g
astronaut in an orbitingg shuttle is
A) beyond the pull of gravity.
B) shielded from the Earth's gravitational field.
C) pulled only by gravitation to the shuttle which cancels the Earth
Earth'ss
gravitational pull.
D) like the shuttle, pulled by Earth's gravitation.
E) none off these.
h

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11) Earth satellites are typically more than 100 km high so as to be

above the Earth's
A) gravitational field.
field
B) atmosphere.
C) both of these.
12) A rocket coasts in an elliptical orbit about the Earth. To attain
escape
p velocity
y using
g the least amount of fuel in a brief firingg time,,
should it fire off at the apogee, or at the perigee? (Hint: Let "Fd =
change in KE" guide your thinking.)
A) perigee
perigee, where it is closest and fastest
B) apogee, where it is farthest and slowest
C) same either location

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13) An airplane flies at 40 m/s at an altitude of 50 meters. The pilot

drops a heavy package which falls to the ground. Where,
approximately does the package land relative to the plane
approximately,
plane'ss new
position?
A) beneath the plane
B)) 400 m behind
b hi d the
h plane
l
C) 500 m behind the plane
D)) more than 500 m behind the pplane
E) none of these.
14) Acceleration is greater for a satellite when it is at the
A) same at both places.
B) perigee.
C) apogee.

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15) The radial velocity of an Earth satellite is its velocity

A) attributed to satellites moving in any direction.
B) parallel to the surface of the Earth.
Earth
C) perpendicular to the surface of the Earth.
D) none of these.
16) A satellite in an elliptical orbit travels at constant
A)) acceleration.
B) velocity.
C) speed.
D) all of these.
these
E) none of these.

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-- Answers -MULTIPLE CHOICE

CHOICE.
The one alternative that best
completes the statement or
answers the question.

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Chapter 10
1) Answer: B
2) Answer: C
3) Answer: A
4)) Answer: A
5) Answer: B
6)) Answer: C
7) Answer: C
8) Answer: A
9) Answer: E
10) Answer: D
11) Answer: B
12) Answer:
A
A
13) Answer: A
14)) Answer: B
15) Answer: C
16) Answer: E
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