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The document contains a series of physics problems related to kinematics, including calculations for velocity, deceleration, stopping distance, and time of fall for various scenarios involving cars, projectiles, and other objects. Each problem requires the application of kinematic equations to determine unknown variables such as final velocity, distance, and time. The problems range from basic to more complex situations, including free fall and projectile motion.

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physics - kinematics worksheet

The document contains a series of physics problems related to kinematics, including calculations for velocity, deceleration, stopping distance, and time of fall for various scenarios involving cars, projectiles, and other objects. Each problem requires the application of kinematic equations to determine unknown variables such as final velocity, distance, and time. The problems range from basic to more complex situations, including free fall and projectile motion.

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PHYSICS – KINEMATICS

1. Car cruise down an expressway at 25 m/s. Engineers are designing an off-ramp in an interchange with a
deceleration of -2.0 m/s2 that lasts 3.0 s.

a. What velocity will cars have at the end of the off-ramp?

b. What minimum length should the ramp have?

c. What maximum velocity could a car entering the off-ramp have and still be able to exit at the intended velocity?
(Assume an extreme deceleration of four times the usual rate.)

2. A car with an initial velocity of 60 mph needs 144 feet to come to a complete stop. Determine the stopping
distance of this same car with an initial velocity of...

a. 30 mph

b. 20 mph

c. 10 mph

Note: The rate of change of velocity is not affected by initial velocity in this problem. Fast cars and slow cars slow
down at the same rate.

3. A car moving along a straight highway with speed of 126 km h-1 is brought to a stop within a distance of 200 m.
What is the retardation of the car (assumed uniform), and how long does it take for the car to stop?

4. A police van moving on a highway with a speed of 30 km h-1 fires a bullet at a thief s car speeding away in the
same direction with a speed of 192 km h-1. If the muzzle speed of the bullet is 150 ms-1, with what speed does the
bullet hit the thief s car? (Note: Obtain that speed which is relevant for damaging the thief’s car).

5. Upton Chuck is riding the Giant Drop at Great America. If Upton free falls for 2.60 seconds, what will be his final
velocity and how far will he fall?

6. A feather is dropped on the moon from a height of 1.40 meters. The acceleration of gravity on the moon is 1.67
m/s2. Determine the time for the feather to fall to the surface of the moon.
7. A kangaroo is capable of jumping to a height of 2.62 m. Determine the takeoff speed of the kangaroo.

8. If Michael Jordan has a vertical leap of 1.29 m, then what is his takeoff speed and his hang time (total time to
move upwards to the peak and then return to the ground)?

9. A baseball is popped straight up into the air and has a hang-time of 6.25 s. Determine the height to which the
ball rises before it reaches its peak.

(Hint: the time to rise to the peak is one-half the total hang-time.)

10. The observation deck of tall skyscraper 370 m above the street. Determine the time required for a penny to free
fall from the deck to the street below.

11. A stone is dropped into a deep well and is heard to hit the water 3.41 s after being dropped. Determine the
depth of the well.

12. With what speed in miles/hr (1 m/s = 2.23 mi/hr) must an object be thrown to reach a height of 91.5 m
(equivalent to one football field)? Assume negligible air resistance.

13. An airplane whose velocity relative to the air is a constant 800km/h has a constant tailwind of 240 km/h. How
long will it take the airplane to cover 2000 km relative to the ground?

14. A car travels at 100km/h for 2h, at 60km/h for the next 2h, and finally at 80 km/h for 1 h. What is the car's
average velocity for the entire journey?
15. You are standing 100m north of your car when an alligator appears 20m north of you and begins to run toward
you at 8m/s. At the same moment you start to run toward your car at 5m/s. (a) Will you reach the car before the
alligator overtakes you? (b) If not, how far from your car does the alligator have lunch?

16. A car travels 270 km in 4.5 h.


(a) What is the average velocity?
(b) How far will it go in 7h at this average velocity?
(c) How long will it take to travel 300km at this average—velocity?

17. A car has an acceleration of 8 m/s2. (a) How much time is needed for it to reach a velocity of 24 m/s if it starts
from rest? (b) How far does it go during this period?

18. The brakes of a certain car can produce an acceleration of 6 m/s2. (a) How long does it take the car to come to a
stop from a velocity of 30 m/s? (b) How far does the car travel during the time the brakes are applied?

19. A car starts from rest with an acceleration of 2 m/s2. What is its velocity after it has gone 200 m?

20. 4. An airplane must have a velocity of 50 m/s in order to take off. What must the airplane's acceleration be if it
is to take off from a runway 500 m long?

21. he brakes of a car whose initial velocity is 30 m/s are applied, and the car receives an acceleration of -2 m/s2.
How far will it have gone (a) when its velocity has decreased to 15 m/s and (b) when it has come to a stop?

22. The driver of a car traveling at 50 mi/h applies the brakes and the car decelerates at a constant rate. What is the
velocity of the car 0.8 mi farther along the road if the car reaches this point 1.2 min after the brakes were applied?

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