Problem Set 1: Kinematics in One Dimension

NAME: ___________________________________ SCORE: ___________

DIRECTION: Print a copy of this Problem Set and solve for the following questions. Attached necessary sheet/s for
your complete solution. (Date of Submission: August 16, 2019)

1. A student walks 100 m from her house to Manila City Hall, and 80 m from Manila City Hall to SM Manila to buy
materials for her project. The student went back from SM Manila to her house. Find the (a) total distance traveled
and (b) total displacement.

2. The nearest grocery is 60 m, east from your house. You are walking at 1.2 m/s for 15.0 s toward the grocery when
it started to rain and you ran back to your house to get an umbrella. It took you another 5.0 s to go back to your
house. You start walking again at 1.2 m/s until you reach the grocery. (a) What is your average speed? (b) What is
your average velocity?

3. A boy is inside a bus moving at 5.0 m/s toward the east. He is walking at 1.0 m/s toward the front. What is the
velocity of the boy as observed by (a) a passenger sitting inside the bus and (b) another passenger waiting for the
bus at a nearby bus stop?

4. A car is accelerated from 2.0 m/s to 5.0 m/s in 1.5 s. Find (a) the magnitude of its acceleration and (b) the
distance traveled during the time of observation?

5. A car traveling at 15 m/s passes a van that is starting from rest with an acceleration of 3 m/s2. (a) How long will it
take the van to catch up with the car? (b) How far has the car traveled when the van catches up with it?

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6. Kyle is driving his car at 15 m/s when he noticed that he is approaching a stalled truck that is approximately 35 m
away. He steps on the brakes and the car stops 4.0 m away from the stalled truck. At what rate did the car slow
down? Assume that Kyle’s reaction time is 2.0 s. Reaction time is the time for a person to notice, think, and act in
response to a given situation.

7. A screw was detached from a hot air balloon that is rising at 3.5 m/s at an altitude of 8.3 m. (a) What is the initial
velocity of the screw? (b) How long will it take for the screw to reach the ground?

8. A .lady tosses a coin vertically up with a speed of 5.5 m/s. (a) How high will the coin rise before it goes down? (b)
How long will the coin stay in air before landing? (c) With what speed will it land on the lady’s hand? (d) At what
times will the speed of the coin be 3.0 m/s?

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