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PHYSICS- Acceleration Problems [Sheet #1 ]

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1.) Find the uniform rate of acceleration that will cause an object's speed to change from 32 m/s to 96 m/s in 8
seconds.

2.) The speed of a car is increased at a constant rate. If the speed is increased by 42 m/s over a 7 second
period , what is its acceleration ?

3.) An electron, initially at rest , leaves a cathode and is uniformly accelerated in a straight line towards an anode.
It reaches the anode in 0.01 s travelling with a speed of 2000 mis. What was its acceleration ?

4.) A Formula I race car is capable of attaining a speed of 88 ft/s (that is , 60 mph) from rest in a time of 1.6
seconds. What uniform rate of acceleration did the race car achieve ?

5.) Determine the final speed of a proton that has an initial speed of 264 m/s and is then uniformly accelerated
in an electric field at the rate of -16 m/s 2 for 15 s.

6.) A supersonic jet flying at 200 m/s is accelerated uniformly at the rate of 23.1 m/s/s for 20 s.

a) What is its final speed ?

b) The speed of sound is 331 m/s in air. How many times the speed of sound is the plane's final speed?
7.) A car is uniformly accelerated at the rate of 2.5 mls 2 for 12 s. If the original speed of the car is 8 mis , what is
its final speed ?

8.) What is the acceleration of a racing car if its speed is increased uniformly from 44 mis to 66 mis over an
11 s period ?

9.) What is the acceleration of a racing car if its speed is decreased uniformly from 66 mis to 44 mis over an
11 s period?

1o .) A plane starting from rest ( v, = 0 ) is accelerated uniformly to its takeoff speed of 72 mis during a 5 second
period. What is the plane's acceleration ?

11.) A bullet leaves the muzzle of a rifle in a direction straight up with a speed of 700 mis. Ten seconds later its
speed straight up is only 602 mis. At what rate does the earth's gravitational field accelerate the bullet ?

12.) An arrow is shot straight up with an initial speed of 98 mis. Nine seconds later its speed straight up is only
9.8 mi s. At what rate is the arrow accelerated by the pull of the earth's gravitational field ?

13.) A race ca r traveling at 45 mi s is accelerated uniformly at the rate of -1 .5 (ml s)ls for 10 seconds. What is its
final speed in mis ? [Negative acceleration is deceleration .]

2 times -2.0 m/s 2 24 mis 8.0 (ml s)ls 38 mis 14 m/s 2 662 mis
ANSWERS 55 ft/s2 or 37.5 (mpl1 )ls 6 m/s 2 2 x 1 O' (mls)ls 30 mi s 2.0 m/s 2 -9.8 (ml s)l s