Kinematics

1.) An airliner reaches its takeoff speed of 163 mph in 36.2 s. What is the magnitude of its
average acceleration?

Solution:

In the present problem the change of velocity is 163 mph = 0.447*163 m/s = 72.9 m/s. The traveled
time is 36.2 s.

Then the average acceleration is:

2.) A school bus drives a distance of 1 km at 16 km/h. And then drive an additional distance
of 1 km at 32 km/h. What is the average speed?

Solution:

Then the average speed is:

3.) The slowest animal ever discovered is a crab found in the Red Sea that travels an
average speed of 5.7 km/year. How long will it take this crab to travel 1 meter?

Solution:

The speed of the crab is

Then the time of the motion is

 4.) A car travels east at 89 km/h for 1 h. It then travels 26° east of north at 141 km/h for 1 h. What
is the average speed for the trip?

Solution:

The total traveled distance is the sum of length AB (=89 km) and length BC (=141 km). The total
traveled time is 2 hours. Then the average speed is

5.) A motor scooter travels east at a speed of 13 m/s. The driver then reverses direction and
heads west at 17 m/s. What was the change in velocity of the scooter?

Solution:

Then the component of the final velocity is +17 m/s, and the component of the initial velocity is -13 m/s.
Then the change in the velocity is

17 – (-13) = 30 m/s

Forces

6.) A 5kg box is pulled to the right by a horizontal force of 200N. A constant frictional force of 60N
opposes it. What is the net horizontal force acting on the box?

Solution:

F=200N f=60N m=5kg f=60N F=200N

5kg

∑𝐹𝑥 = F – f
=200N – 60N ∑𝐹𝑥 = 140N

7.) Find the net force acting on a fridge if the applied forces are 378.4 N, west and 401.3 N, west
while the force of friction is 67 N.
Solution:

8.) A net force of 7.5 kN, west acts on a 1208 kg race car.
At what rate will the car accelerate?

Solution:
 9.) A five kilogram mass lays on a floor. What force does the floor exert on the object?
Solution:

10.) Find the weight (force of gravity) of an exactly thirty kilogram mass.

Solution:
Work

11.) A 5kg box is pushed with a force of 20N over a distance of 4m. How much work was
done?

Solution: W = Fd
W = (20)(40)
W = 80 J

12.) A force of 50N is applied to an object, which gives it a constant velocity of 10m/s.
At what rate is work being performed?

Solution: P = w/t = Fd/t = Fv

(50N)(10m/s) = 500j/s = 500 watts

13.) A 2kg mass is dropped from a height of 10m. What is the KE as it strikes the
ground?

Solution: KE = 1/2mv^2
1/2(2)(10) = 196.2 J

14.) A girl lifts a 10kg object 1.5m straight up. Solve for potential energy.

Solution: PE = mgh
(10kg)(9.81m/s)(1.5)
PE = 147.15J

15.) What is the kinetic energy of a 1200kg car moving at 100m/s?

Solution: KE = 1/2mv^2
(1/2)(1200kg)(100m/s ^2)
KE = 6,000,000J

Momentum

16.) A particle has a mass of 10 kg and a velocity of 5 m/s. What is the

momentum of the particle?

Solution: p = mv
p = (10)(5) = 50kg * m/s
17.) A constant force of 50N is applied to a 20kg block for 10 seconds. What is the
impulse acting on the block?

Solution: Impulse = F * ∆t
= (50N) (10s)
Impulse = 500 N*s

18.) A 0.20kg ball was stroked by a baseball bat from rest up to a speed of 35m/s. Tha
ball was in contact with the bat for 0.02s. What is the change in momentum of the ball?

Solution: ∆p = m∆v

∆p = m (𝑣𝑓 − 𝑣𝑖 )

= (0.20)(35-0)

∆p = 7kg*m/s