Solving:

UAM and
Free-fall
Starting from rest a model
rocket accelerates upwards at
24 m/s . How fast will it be
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moving after it has traveled

192 meters?
vf=96 m/s
A car is initially traveling at 17
m/s when the driver steps down
hard on the gas pedal resulting in
an acceleration of 3.0 m/s . How
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fast will the car be moving 4.0

seconds later?
vf=29 m/s
A car decelerates uniformly
from 24 m/s to 18 m/s in 3.0
seconds. How far does it
travel during this time?

d=63 m
A car accelerates from 10.0
m/s to 45.0 m/s in 13.0 s.
How far has it traveled?

t= 357.5 m
The brakes of a certain car produce an acceleration of
6.0 m/s2.
A)How long does it take the car to come to a stop from
a velocity of 30. m/s?
t = 5.0s
B)How far does the car travel during the time the
brakes are applied?

d = 75m
How far will a freely
falling object fall
from a position of
rest in five seconds?
d = 122.5 m
A giraffe (6 M tall) , bites a
branch off a tree. He chews the
leaves and drops the branch.
(Messy eater!) How long does it
take for the branch to fall to the
ground? Answer t = 1.09 s
King Kong carries Mr. Trautwein
up the 321 meter tall Empire State
Building. Traut’s shoe falls off,
how fast will the shoe be moving
when it hits the ground?

Answer v = -80.1 m/s