Practice Exercises in Physics c.

20 m^2 km^2

I. Introduction to Physics II. Vectors

1. Write the metric conversion table. 1. The Cartesian coordinate system of a

point in an xy plane (-3.50,-2.50) m.
2. Convert into metric prefix:
Find the polar coordinates of this point.
a. 0.00025 m mm
2. Convert the following rectangular
b. 85,000 N kN coordinates to polar coordinates.

c. 500 Pa kPa a. (21.4,15)

d. 0.0000015 m^3 um^3 b. (17.7,-67.4)

e. 750,000,000 s Gs c. A point located in a polar coordinate

system by the coordinate r = 2.5 m and
3. Determine the number of significant theta = 25 degrees. Find xy coordinate
figures: of this point.

a. 0.00098 d. Convert the following polar

coordinates to rectangular coordinates:
b. 23,463
d1. (5.0 m, -50 deg)
c. 2,000
d2. (2 m, 50 deg)
d. 130.72
d3. Determine the distance
e. 2.00
between the points in d1 and d2.
f. 150.0
3. A person walks 25 deg north of east
4. Find the number of SF given the for 3.10 km. How far due north and how
scientific notation far due east would she have to walk to
arrive the location?
a. 3x10^3
4. 3 players have the following
b. 2.5x10^3 displacements:
c. 2.50x10^3 - A 72.4 m, 32 deg east of north
d. 2.500x10^3 -B 57.3 m, 36 deg south of west
5. Unit conversion -C 17.8 m, due south
a. 250 cm in Find the magnitude and direction of Rv.

b. 1.00x10^2 m/s km/hr

5, Let the angle theta be the angle that
the vector A makes the +x-axis,
measured counterclockwise from that
axis. Find the angle theta for a vector
that has the following components.
a. Ax = 2.00 m; Ay = -1.00 m
b. Ax = 2.00 m; Ay = 1.00 m
c. Ax = -2.00 m; Ay = 1.00 m
6. A postal employee drives a delivery
truck over the route shown. Use the
component methods to determine the
magnitude and direction.
7. For vectors A and B, use the method
of components to find the magnitude
and direction of vectors sum A+B.
III. Motion in One Dimension
1. Starting from a hospital desk, you run
200 m east (x-direction) at an average
speed of 5.0 m/s, and then run 280 m
west at an average speed of 4.0 m/s to
a cabinet to get a medicine. Calculate:
a. average speed from the hospital desk
to the cabinet
b. average velocity from the hospital
desk to the cabinet
2. A physical therapist has left the
medical center to test a new personal
equipment. As she moves along the
straight line, her partner on the medical
center measure her velocity starting at
time t=1.0s.
*refer to table
Find the average acceleration and state
whether the speed of PT increases or
decreases.
a. 1.0 s to 3 s
b. 5 to 7 s
c. 9.0 s to 11 s
d. 13 s to 15 s
3. A motorcyclist heading east through a
small town accelerates at a constant 4.0
m/s^2 after he leaves the city limits. At t
= 0 s, his velocity is 15 m/s.
a. Find the position and velocity at t =
2.0s
b. Where is when his velocity is 25 m/s
4. Air bag injuries. During an auto
accident, the vehicles air bags deploy
and slow down the passengers more
gently than if they had hit the
windshield/steering wheel. According to
safety standards, the bag produce a
maximum acceleration of 60 g that lasts
for only 36 ms or less. How far (in
meters) does a person travel in coming
to a complete stop in 36 ms at a
constant acceleration of 60 g?
5. A 1 euro coin is dropped from the
leaning tower of Pisa and falls freely
from the rest. What are its position and
velocity after 1.0 s, 0 s, and 3 s.
6. You throw a ball vertically upward
from the roof of a tall building The ball
leaves your hand at a point even with
the roof railing with an upward speed of
15 m/s, the ball is then a free fall. On its
way back down, it just misses the
railing. Find:
a. balls position and velocity 1.0 s and
4.0 s after leaving your hand
b. balls velocity when it is 5 m above
the railing
c. maximum height reached
d. balls acceleration when it is at its
maximum height.
7. A car accelerates from rest to 34 m/s
in just 12 s. What is its acceleration?
8. A race car accelerates at 8.9m/s^2, if
the car starts from 10 m/s after 2.1 s,
how fast is it going?
9. A bullet in a rifle accelerates uniformly
from rest at a=70,000m/s^2. If the
velocity of the bullet as it leaves the
muzzle is 500 m/s:
a. how long is the rifle barrel?
b. how long did it take for the bullet to
travel the length of the barrel?
c. average speed of bullet
10. A ball is dropped off a cliff and takes
5.8 s to hit the ground. How high is the
cliff?
11. If you drop something from rest of a
10.3 m high building, how long will it
take to hit the ground?
12. A ball is thrown vertically upward
with a speed of 25 m/s:
a. how high does it rise?
b. how long does it take to reach the
highest point?
c. how long does the ball take to hit the
ground after it reaches its highest point?
d. What is its velocity when it returns to
the level from which it started?