One, Two and Circular Kinematics

SAMPLE PROBLEMS

1. A car travels in a straight line covering a total distance of 90.0 miles in 60.0 minutes.
Ans: The average velocity of the car is 90.0 miles per hour in the direction of motion.
2. 11. A bus leaves New York City, takes a non-direct route and arrives in St. Louis, Missouri 23
hours, 16 minutes later. If the distance between the two cities is 1250 km, what is the
magnitude of the bus’ average velocity?
Ans: 53.7 km/h
3. Carole’s hair grows with an average speed of 3.5 × 10–9 m/s. How long does it take her hair to
grow 0.30 m? Note: 1 yr = 3.156 × 107 s.
Ans:2.7 yr
4. An elevator is moving upward with a speed of 11 m/s. Three seconds later, the elevator is still
moving upward, but its speed has been reduced to 5.0 m/s. What is the average acceleration of
the elevator during the 3.0 s interval?
Ans: 2.0 m/s2, downward
5. A car is moving at a constant velocity when it is involved in a collision. The car comes to rest
after 0.450 s with an average acceleration of 65.0 m/s2 in the direction opposite that of the car’s
velocity. What was the speed, in km/h, of the car before the collision?
Ans: 105 km/h
6. A car, starting from rest, accelerates in a straight-line path at a constant rate of 2.5 m/s2 . How
far will the car travel in 12 seconds?
Ans: 180m
7. A car starts from rest and accelerates at a constant rate in a straight line. In the first second the
car covers a distance of 2.0 meters. How fast will the car be moving at the end of the second
second?
Ans: 8 m/s
8. A brick is dropped from rest from a height of 4.9 m. How long does it take the brick to reach the
ground?
Ans: 1 s
9. A ball is dropped from rest from a tower and strikes the ground 125 m below. Approximately
how many seconds does it take the ball to strike the ground after being dropped? Neglect air
resistance.
Ans: 5.05 s
10. Elijah throws a tennis ball vertically upward. The ball returns to the point of release after 3.5 s.
What is the speed of the ball as it is released?
Ans: 17 m/s
11. In a race, José runs 1.00 mile in 4.02 min, mounts a bicycle, and rides back to his starting point,
which is also the finish line, in 3.02 min. What is the magnitude of José’s average velocity for the
race?
Ans: 0
12. A motorist travels due north at 30 mi/h for 2 hours. She then reverses her direction and travels
due south at 60 mi/h for 1 hour. What is the average speed of the motorist?
Ans: 40 mi/h
13. A tennis ball is shot vertically upward from the surface of an atmosphere-free planet with an
initial speed of 20.0 m/s. One second later, the ball has an instantaneous velocity in the upward
direction of 15.0 m/s. How long does it take the ball to reach its maximum height?
Ans: 4 s
14. A small object is released from rest and falls 1.00 × 102 feet near the surface of the earth.
Neglect air resistance. How long will it take to fall through the 1.00 × 102 feet mentioned?
Ans: 2.49 s
15. Water drips from rest from a leaf that is 20 meters above the ground. Neglecting air resistance,
what is the speed of each water drop when it hits the ground?
Ans: 20 m/s
16. A football is kicked at an angle θ with respect to the horizontal. Which one of the following
statements best describes the acceleration of the football during this event if air resistance is
neglected?
Ans: 9.81 at all times
17. A projectile is fired at an angle of 60.0° above the horizontal with an initial speed of 30.0 m/s.
What is the magnitude of the horizontal component of the projectile's displacement at the end
of 2 s?
Ans: 30m
18. A projectile is fired from a gun and has initial horizontal and vertical components of velocity
equal to 30 m/s and 40 m/s, respectively. Approximately how long does it take the projectile to
reach the highest point in its trajectory?
Ans: 4 s
19. A football is kicked with a speed of 18 m/s at an angle of 65° to the horizontal. How long is the
football in the air? Neglect air resistance.
Ans: 3.3 s
20. A projectile is fired horizontally with an initial speed of 50.0 m/s. Neglect air resistance. What is
the speed of the projectile 3.00 s after it is fired?
Ans: 58 m/s
21. A wheel with a 0.10-m radius is rotating at 35 rev/s. It then slows uniformly to 15 rev/s over a
3.0-s interval. What is the angular acceleration of a point on the wheel?
Ans: -6.7 rev/s
22. A fan rotating with an initial angular velocity of 1000 rev/min is switched off. In 2 seconds, the
angular velocity decreases to 200 rev/min. Assuming the angular acceleration is constant, how
many revolutions does the blade undergo during this time?
Ans: 20
23. A grindstone of radius 4.0 m is initially spinning with an angular speed of 8.0 rad/s. The angular
speed is then increased to 10 rad/s over the next 4.0 seconds. Assume that the angular
acceleration is constant. Through how many revolutions does the grindstone turn during the
4.0-second interval?
Ans: 5.7
24. What is the tangential speed of a lug nut on a wheel of a car if the lug nut is located 0.114 m
from the axis of rotation and the wheel is rotating at 6.53 rev/sec?
Ans: 4.68 m/s
25. On an amusement park ride, passengers are seated in a horizontal circle of radius 7.5 m. The
seats begin from rest and are uniformly accelerated for 21 seconds to a maximum rotational
speed of 1.4 rad/s. What is the tangential acceleration of the passengers during the first 21 s of
the ride?
Ans: 0.5 m/s2