TUTORIAL : DISTANCE, VELOCITY AND ACCELERATION

1. Define and write down the equations for:

- Speed
- Velocity
- Acceleration

2. An object moves along the grid through points A, B, C, D, E, and F as shown below. The side
of square tiles measures 0.5 km.
a) Calculate the distance covered by the moving object.
b) Find the magnitude of the displacement of the object.

3. If an object, after traveling a certain distance returns to the starting point, what will be its
displacement?

4. A group of bike riders took a 4.0-hour trip. During the first 3.0 hours, they traveled a total of
50 kilometers, but during the last hour they traveled only 10 kilometers. What was the group's
average speed for the entire trip?

5. Suppose it takes a plane 5 hours to travel from Philadelphia to San Francisco. It travels at an
average speed of 500 miles per hour. What is the distance between the two cities?

6. An athlete kicks a ball into the air. It travels 42m and is in the air for 4.5s. How fast must the
athlete run from the point where he kicks the ball in order to catch it before it lands?

7. If you are travelling 8 knots for 45 minutes, how far will you have travelled in nautical miles?
8. You are sailing at 5.5 knots. How far will you travel over the next 24 hours if you are able to
maintain this sailing speed?

9. An Olympic sprinter runs a 100m dash in 9.72s. Assuming he starts at rest, what is his average
velocity?

10. A boy jogs down a 6m street in 2s. What was his average velocity?

11. A roller coaster car rapidly picks up speed as it rolls down a slope. As it starts down the
slope, its speed is 4 m/s. But 3 seconds later, at the bottom of the slope, its speed is 22 m/s. What
is its average acceleration?

12. A crate slides across a floor. After 1s it has a velocity of 3.4ms. After 5s it has a velocity of
3.4ms. What is the acceleration?

13. An object starts sliding along a floor at a speed of 42ms. After 21s, it is observered that the
object is sliding with a speed of 42ms. What is the average acceleration of the object?

14. While traveling along a highway, a specific automobile is capable of an acceleration of about
1.6m/s2. At this rate, how long does it take to accelerate from 65km/h to 120km/h?

15. A golf ball accelerates off a tee at 15m/s2, changing its velocity from 0m/s to 50 m/s down
the fairway. How long did it take the golf ball to accelerate?