Some Acceleration Practice Problems

1) While drag racing out of our school parking lot, I time myself at a speed of
40 meters per second seven seconds after starting. What was my
acceleration during this time?
) !sing this information, how far have I gone during this seven seconds?
") If I were to accelerate at this rate for another ninety seconds, how fast
would I #e going?
4) If I were to drop a #all out of my car while I was traveling at a velocity of $
m%s, and it underwent a deceleration of .0 m%s%s while rolling to a stop,
how long would it take for it to stop?
$) &ow far would it roll in this time?
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Acceleration Practice Answers
1) While drag racing out of our school parking lot, I time myself at a speed of
40 meters per second seven seconds after starting. What was my
acceleration during this time?
Acceleration = (40 m/s) / 7 s = 5.7 m/s/s
) !sing this information, how far have I gone during this seven seconds?
d = at
2
= (5.7 m/s/s)(7s)
2
= 140 meters
") If I were to accelerate at this rate for another ninety seconds, how fast
would I #e going?
= at = (5.7 m/s/s)(!7 sec) = 550 m/s
4) If I were to drop a #all out of my car while I was traveling at a velocity of $
m%s, and it underwent a deceleration of .0 m%s%s while rolling to a stop,
how long would it take for it to stop?
12.5 s
$) &ow far would it roll in this time?
d = at
2
= (2.0 m/s/s)(12.5 s)
2
= 15" m
#ote$ St%dents ma& correctl& sa& t'at t'e acceleration o( t'e ball is
)2.0 m/s/s rat'er t'an t'e 2.0 m/s/s t'at * %sed in t'is +roblem. ,'en
&o% %se t'is n%mber- &o% .et an answer o( )15" m- w'ic' s%..ests
t'at t'e ball moes bac/wards 15" meters. 0'is doesn1t ma/e sense-
beca%se t'e ball act%all& rolls (orwards (rom w'ere it was dro++ed.
0o sim+li(& t'e idea 'ere- %se t'e idea o( absol%te al%e to describe
distance.
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