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The radii of the front and rear wheels of a carriage are a and
b respectively and 'c' is the distance between their axles. A dust particle driven from the highest point of the rear wheel is observed to alight on the highest point of the front wheel. Show that the velocity of the carriage is g(c+b-a)(c+a-b) /4(b-a)

15. A shell bursts on contact with the ground and pieces

from it fly in all directions with velocities up to 49 metres per second .Show that a man 122.5 metres away is in danger for 52 sec. 16. A body is projected at angle to the horizontal,so t hat it is just able to clear two walls of equal height 'a' at a distance 2a' from each other. Show that range is equal to 2 cot /2. 17. Shots are fired simultaneously from top and bottom of a vertical cliff with elevation and respectively strike on object simultaneously. Show that if a be the horizontal distance of the object from the clif f, the height of the cliff is (tan - tan ). 18.If at any instant the velocity of a particle be u, and its direction of motion to the horizontal, then show that it will be moving at right angles to the direction after time (u/g) cosec

2. The velocity of a particle moving along the x axis varies in time

according to the expression v(x)={40-5t^2} m/s, wheret is in sec (a) Find the average acceleration in the time interval t = 0 to t = 2s. [ -10m/s^2]

3.A train

moves from one station to another in two h rs time. Its speed during the motion is shown in the graph (Figure) Calculat (i)maximum acceleration during the journey. (ii)distance covered during time interval from 0.75 h r to 1 hr.

19.A stone is thrown at an angle a with the horizontal from

a point in a plane whose inclination to the horizontal is , the trajectory lying in the vertical plane con taining the line of greatest slope. Show that if be the elevation of that point of the path that is farthest from inclined plane, then 2 tan = tan + tan

4.A car A is travelling on a straight level road with a uniform

speed of 60 km h -1. It is followed by anoth er car B which is moving with speed of 70 km h -1. When distance between them is 2.5 km, the car b is given a deceleration of 20 km h -2. After what distance and time will B catch up with A?

20. Two guns, situated on the top of a hill of height 10 m

one shot each with the same speed 53 ms -1 at some interval of time. One gun fires horizontally and other fires upwards at an angle of 60 o with the horizontal. The shots collide in air at a point P. Find (i) the time-interval between the firings, and (ii) the coordinates of the point P. Take origin of the coordinate system at the foot of the hill right below the muzzle and trajectories in x -y plane.
21.A large, heavy box is slidin g without friction down to smooth plane of inclination . From a point P on the bottom of the box, a particle is projected inside the box. The initial speed of the particle with respect to the box is u, and the direction of projection makes an angle a with the bottom as shown in figure.

5.The speed of a train increases at a constant rate

from zero to v and then remai ns constant for interval and finally decreases to zero at a constant rate . If l is total distance covered, prove that total time taken is l/v + v/2 [1/ +1/ ] . 6.A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate for some time, after which it decelerates at a constant rate to come to rest. If the total time elapsed is t seconds Calculate (i) the maximum velocity reached (ii) the total distance traveled.

7.A body falling freely from a given height "H" hits inclined
plane in its path at a height 'h'. As result of this impact the direction of the velocity of the body becomes horizontal. For what value of (h/H) the body will take maximum time to reach the ground. 8.A man wishes to cross a river to an exactly opposite point on other bank. If he can pull his boat with twice the velocity of the current, find, at what inclination to the current he must keep the boat pointed.

9. 2 ships are 10 km apart on line running south to north. The

one farther north is streaming west at 20 kmh .The other is -1 streaming north at 20 kmh .What is dist. of closest approach. 10. The speed of a motor boat w.r.t still water is v=7m/s and the speed of c urrent in a stream is u = 3 m/s ;began travelling upstream a float was droppe d from it. The boat traveled 4.2 km upstream and turned about and caught up with float. How long is it before boat reaches the float?
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11. A particle is projected vertically upwards, and 't' seconds

afterwards particle is projected upwards with same initial velocity. Prove that th e particles will meet after a lapse of [t/2+u/g] sec from the instant of projection of the first particle. What are the velocities of the particles when they meet? 12. A cricket ball is thrown with a speed of 49 m/sec. Find the greatest range on the horizontal plane and the two directions in which the ball may be thrown so as to give a range 122.5 m.

(a) Find the distance along the bottom of the box between the point of projection P and the point Q where the particle lands. (Assume that the particle does not hit any other surface of the box. Neglect air resistance). (b) If the horizontal displacement of the particle as seen by an observer on the ground is zero, find the speed of the box with respect to the ground at the instant when the particle was projected.

22. A point moves along a circle of radius r with

deceleration; at any moment the magnitudes of its tangential and normal accelerations are equal. The point was set in motion with the velocity v 0. Find the velocity v and the magnitude of the total acceleration a of the point as a function of the distances covered by it.

13. A particle is projected form O at an elevation

and after t seconds to have an elevation as seen from the point of proje cti on. Prove that the initial velocity was gt cos /[2sin( - )/]. 14. A projectile aimed at a target, which is in a horizontal plane through the point of projection, fa lls a meter short of it when thE angle of projection is . It goes b meter too far when the angle of projection is . Find the angle of projection, in terms of , , b and a to hit the target if the velocity of projection be the same in all cases.

23. A point moves along a plane path so that its tangential

acceleration a T = a and the normal acceleration a N = bt 4, where a and b are positive constants and t is time. The point started moving at the moment t = 0. Find the curvature radius r of its path and its total acceleration a as a function of the distance s covered by the point .

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24. A train travels due south at 30 m/s (relative to ground) in a train that is blown towards the south by the wind. The path of each raindrop makes an angle of 22 owith the
vertical, as measured by an observer stationary on Earth. An observer on a train, however, sees the drops fall perfectly vertical. Determine the speed of rain drops relative to Earth.

25. A particle moves uniformly with the velocity v along a parabolic path y = ax 2 , where a is a positive constant. Find the acceleration w of the part icle at the point x = 0.