Assignment

1. a.) Define the following terms

a.) distance b.) displacement c.) velocity and e.) acceleration
b.) A car travels a distance of 9000 m at an average speed of 15 m/s and another 9000 m
at an average speed of 25 m/s. What is the average speed of the entire trip?
c.) The sports car gained a speed of 100 km/h within 2.5 s from stand still. What is its
average acceleration in m/s2?

2. A projectile is shot from the edge of a high cliff with initial velocity 25 m/s at an angle of
30 above the horizontal
a. What is the Time of flight
b. Calculate a maximum height
c. Determine a maximum range

3. A player kicked a football at a speed of 25 m/s at an angle of 40° above the horizontal.
Calculate a) time of ball to reach a maximum height b) the total time of flight c) maximum
height of which the ball was kicked.

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4. a.) A car is travelling on a flat road at a speed of 110 km/h. Suddenly the driver noticed several
cows lying on the road 45 m ahead fully blocking the road. She applied full braking that cause the
car to decelerate at 10 m/s2. Assuming that the cows stay put, will the car hit the cows?
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b.) Show that 𝑠 = 𝑢𝑡 + 𝑎𝑡 2
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c.) A force of 20 N was applied to an object of 5 kg of mass. Calculate the acceleration due
to gravity

5. a.) A force of 100 N was applied to an object of 5 kg of mass. Calculate the acceleration
due to gravity.
b.) A car travels a distance of 200 meters in 20 seconds. What is its average velocity?
c.) a car travelled at a distance of 400 km/h, given a speed of 50 m/s. Calculate the time
taken of a car to travelled.

6. a.) How much electrical energy would be used by an elevator lifting a 75 kg person through
a height of 50 m.
b.) Acceleration has SI units of ms−2 and force has the dimension of mass multiplied by
acceleration. What are the dimensions of work done and power, expressed in terms of the base
dimensions and units?
c.) Determine the dimensional formula for the a.) Pressure b.) Kinetic energy

7. a.) Distinguish between Scalars and vectors

b.) Define the following terms
a. work b. Power c. Energy d. Gravitational potential energy e. Elastic Potential energy f. Chemical
energy
c.) A force of 50 N is applied to move an object at a distance of 5 meters. Calculate the work done.

8. a.) Differentiate between classical and quantum mechanics

b.) Explains the following terms:
a. Motion b. Free fall Object c. Projectile motion
c.) An Object falls from a mountain at 5 seconds. Calculate the distance traveled by an object in
free fall from rest.

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9. a.) State Newton’s second law of motion and its application
b.) Determine the force of an object dropped from a top of a tower with the mass of 100 kg
and acceleration of 5 m/s2.
c.) what do you understand by maximum height of a projectile and derive its formula.

10. a.) Explain the following terms:

a. Circular motion b. Centripetal acceleration c. Centripetal force d. Gravity e. Escape
velocity
b.) A bobsled track contained turns with radii of 33 m and 24 m. Find the centripetal acceleration
at each turn for a speed of 34 m/s, a speed that was achieved in the two-man event.
c.) Calculate the gravitational force acting between two objects of mass 70 tonnes each, which are
200 mm apart in space, far, far away from any planet. Recalculate the force if the distance is 10
times smaller. Compare the two forces.