Prob 1. At the instant shown Motor A pulls the cord at an Prob. 4.

Prob. 4. A man walks at 4ft/s on the roof of a train that is

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initial speed of 10 ft/s which increases constantly by 5 ft/s . If traveling at 40 ft/s. The train is reducing its speed at a rate of
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the motion of block C follows the a-t curve shown below, 10 ft/s .The this instant, a car travels along a circular curve
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determine the velocity and acceleration of block B at t = 4 s. as shown. It is reducing its speed at a rate of 20 ft/s .
Block C has an initial velocity of v = 1 ft/s directed to the right. Determine the velocity and acceleration of the man as seen
by the driver of the car.
A 3m
vT = 40 ft/s, ←
aT = 10 ft/s2, → vM/T = 4 ft/s, →
4m

B
C 60 ft/s

a (ft/s)
100 ft
4
30º

3 7 t (s)

3
2
2 Ans: : vM/C = 92.937 ft/s,↙ 18.832º aM/C = 42.219 m/s ,↗77.246º
Ans: vB = 7 ft/s,↑, aB = 1 ft/s , ↑
Prob. 5. Flash and Road Runner race in a 100-m dash. The
Prob. 2. A burglar is running on top of a moving truck away
velocity-time curve for each is drawn below. Draw their
from the police. The velocity of the thief relative to the truck respective a-t and x-t curves. Also, determine who will win
and the velocity of the police car are illustrated by their
the race.
respective v-t plots below. Determine the velocity and the
acceleration of the burglar relative to the police car at t = 4 s.
Also, draw the a-t curves for the given v-t curves.

v B/T

vTruck = 16 m/s (constant)

vP
v (m/s) v (m/s)

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v = t3 v = 6t2
Burglar Police
v (m/s) – relative to truck v (m/s) t (s) t (s)
30
4 8 8
10
8 25 FLASH ROAD RUNNER
2º 2º

2 6
t (s)
2 6
t (s) Ans: Road Runner wins

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Prob. 6. A toy catapult is designed to throw ball A when the
Ans: vB/P = 2.5 m/s, →, aB/P = 1.75 m/s , ← arm of the catapult becomes vertical. Starting from a
horizontal position with a given tangential acceleration,
Prob. 3. When Kaito Kid is 20 m directly above Conan,
determine the distance d where the ball would fall.
Conan kicks the ball at the direction shown to hit him. If Kid is
traveling at a constant speed of 16 m/s to the right, determine
the initial velocity of the ball and the distance d. A

2 ft
vo = 0
at = 5s-1/2 ft/s2
A
20 m
A

vO
d
60º

d Ans: d = 2.0995 ft

Ans: dmin = 13.589 m