KINEMATICS PROBLEM SET #2

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2D KINEMATICS DAY #1

Date:__________

1. A clock with a 5cm second hand runs for a full minute.

a) Calculate the speed and velocity
b) Calculate the average speed and
of the second hand at the
velocity between
i) 0-15s
i) TOP
ii) RHS
ii) 0-30s
iii) BOT
iii) 0-45s
iv) LHS
iv) 0-60s

c) Calculate the average linear and

vector acceleration between
i) 0-15s
ii) 0-30s
iii) 0-45s
iv) 0-60s

2. A racecar can accelerate at a rate of 4m / s . If the car is on a circular track that has a radius of 50m Find:
a) Seed at the end of the first lap
e) Average linear acceleration
b) Speed at the E, S, W side of the track
f) Average vector acceleration during the intervals
c) Time to reach E, S, W and N side of the track
in part d)
d) Average velocity between start and
g) Average vector acceleration of the race car
calculated between the following positions
i) E
ii) S
i) E S
iii) W
ii) E W
iv) N
iii) E N
Note: Assume the starting line is at the north side of the track and the racecar is moving counter clockwise.
2D KINEMATICS DAY #2
1.

Date:__________

A race car driver accelerates counter clockwise around an inclined circular track from rest and reaches the finishing
line in 12.5 seconds. When she crosses the finishing line, her speed was 100m/s.
a)
b)

Find her linear acceleration

Find her instantaneous speed at the
i) North side of the track
ii) West side of the track
iii) South side of the track
c) Find her instantaneous velocity at the
i) North side of the track
ii) West side of the track
iii) South side of the track
d)

2.
a)
b)
c)
d)

Find her average velocity when she at the

i) North side of the track
ii) West side of the track
iii) South side of the track
iv) At the finishing line

N
100m

e)

Starting /
Finishing line

Find her average vector acceleration for the

following intervals
i) Between the North and West side of the track
ii) Between the West and South side of the track
iii) Between the South and East side of the track

The second hand on analog stop watch is 5.0 cm long. Find

Speed of the tip of the second hand
The average velocity in the first 15, 30, 45 and 60 seconds
Linear acceleration of the second hand
The average vector acceleration of the second hand during the first 15, 30, 45 and 60 seconds

PROJECTILE MOTION DAY #1

Date:__________

1. A projectile was launched horizontally at a velocity of 10m/s from the top of a cliff that is 50m high. Find the flight time
and the range. [3.19s, 31.9m]
2. A projectile was launched horizontally at a velocity of 50 m/s from a cliff. If it takes 15s to land, find the range and the
height of the cliff. [750m, 1102.5m]
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3. A projectile was launched with a velocity of 10m / s[ R 30 U ] from the top of a cliff that is 50m high. Find the flight time
and the range. [3.75s, 32.48m]

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Kinematics Problem Set #2

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4. A projectile was launched with a velocity of 20m / s[ R30 U ] from the top of a cliff. Find the flight time and the height
of the cliff if the range is 86.6m. [5s, 72.5m]
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5. A projectile was launched with a velocity of 50m / s[ R30 U ] from flat ground. Find the flight time, maximum height
and the range. [5.1s, 31.89m, 220.42m]
6. What initial velocity is required for the projectile to reach the top of a 10m cliff if projectile is launch 20m from the base
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of the cliff? [19.8 m/s [R45 U]]
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7. A projectile is launched with an initial velocity of 50m / s[ R 60 U ] 60m from the bottom of a 20m cliff. How far along
the plateau of the cliff does the projectile land? [148.75m]

PROJECTILE MOTION DAY #2

Date:__________

1. A bullet hit a target 301.5 m away. What maximum height above the muzzle did the bullet reach if it was shot at an
angle of 25 degrees to the ground? [A: 35.13 m]
2. A projectile is shot from the edge of a cliff 125 m above ground level with an initial speed of 65.0 m/s at an angle of
0
37 above the horizontal. Determine the magnitude and the direction of the velocity at the maximum height. [A: 52
m/s [F]]
3. A boy kicked a can horizontally from a 6.5 m high rock with a speed of 4.0 m/s. How far from the base of the rock the
can land? [A: 5.9 m]
4. A projectile has an initial velocity of 15.0 m/s at an angle of 30 degrees above the horizontal. What is the location of
the projectile 2.0 seconds later? [A: 26.4 m [F 100 D]]
5. A projectile is fired with an initial velocity of 120 m/s at an angle above the horizontal. If the projectile's initial
horizontal speed is 55 m/s, then at what angle was it fired? [A: 630]
6. A flea stands 2.00 m from a dog's haunches which are 55 cm in height. Jumping at an angle of 32 degrees, what
initial speed must the flea have to reach her new home? [A: 6.2 m/s]
7. Water is leaving a hose at 6.8 m/s. If the target is 2 m away horizontally, what angle should the water leave the hose
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at? [A: 12.5 ]

UNIFORM CIRCULAR MOTION

Date:__________

1. What does uniform mean in the expression uniform circular motion. Give some examples of uniform circular
motion.
2. How can an object moving at a constant speed be accelerating at the same time?
3. A Ferris Wheel ride is in operation and is rotating at a constant speed. Draw two snap shots which show the
instantaneous acceleration and velocity at any time along the ride.
4. If the direction of an object moving with UCM is reversed, what happens to the acceleration?
5. You are twirling a ball at the end of a string around for fun. What happens to the centripetal acceleration if the
a. Speed remains constant but the radius doubles?
b. The radius halves and the speed triples?
6. What is the magnitude of centripetal acceleration of a coin, placed on a vinyl record, that is rotating at 33.5 rpm and is
13 cm away from the centre of the disk?
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7. Mercury orbits the sun in a circular path at an average distance of 5.79 x 10 m, with a centripetal acceleration of
-2
2
magnitude 4.0 x 10 m/s . What is its period of revolution around the sun in seconds? In days?