20. A railroad freight yard switch engine on a straight track travels 1000.

m to the end of the track, then back 600. m, then forward 300. m. a. What is the switch engines final displacement from its starting position?
d = d x = +700. m (forward)

b. How far did it travel?

s = 1900. m

21. A sprinter in training runs along a straight 50.0 m track. At every 10.0 m is an observer with a stopwatch. The sprinter begins to run at the sound of the starting gun. The observers start their stopwatches at that same instant. Each observer stops his stopwatch as the runner passes him. After one trial run, the observers stopwatches have the readings listed in the table in the margin. a. Construct a position-time graph for this sprint. Calculate the sprinters average speed for b. the entire run.
10.20 m/s 10.2 m/s

c. the first 30.0 m.

9.090 m/s 9.09 m/s

d. the last 20.0 m.

v = 12.5 m/s

The following graph represents the motion of a trolley along a straight track. Use the information presented here to answer questions 2227. 22. During which interval did the trolley move the farthest? 23. During which interval was the trolleys average speed the greatest? 24. Calculate the trolleys average speed for the interval in question 23.
= 20.0 m/s

25. What is the trolleys speed at (90 s, 1100 m)?

v = 0 m/s

26. During which interval(s) is the trolleys speed 15.0 m/s? 27. Using the position-time graph above, sketch a velocity-time graph for the trolley. Does the trolley undergo constant acceleration? 28. An auto manufacturer boasts that its newest sports car model goes from 0 to 60 (mph) in 5.00 seconds! a. What is the cars acceleration (in m/s2)?
5.363 m/s 5.36 m/s

b. How far does it travel as it accelerates from 0.0 mph to 60.0 mph (in meters)?
67.04 m 67.0 m

29. You are stuck on a two lane road behind a truck traveling 64.4 km/h (40 mph). You pull into the oncoming lane to pass and immediately begin accelerating at 2.50 m/s2. After passing the truck, 6.10 s have elapsed. You stop accelerating and pull back into your lane. How far down the road did you travel in the oncoming lane (in meters) during the time interval?
dx = +155.5 m d = 155.5 m ( 156 m)

Use the velocity-time graph below to answer questions 3032.

Assume units precision for velocity and tenths precision for time unless otherwise specified in the question.

30. What happens to the objects direction of motion at 1.00 s? 31. Calculate a. the average velocity from 0.50 s to 1.50 s.
= 0 m/s

b. the average acceleration from 0.50 s to 1.50 s.

10. m/s

32. What is the displacement a. between 0.00 s and 1.00 s?

= -5.0 m

b. between 1.00 s and 2.00 s?

= 5.0 m

c. between 0.00 s and 3.00 s?

= 15 m

33. A science fiction author describes a space vehicle launching system consisting of a long linear track built at an angle into a mountain range on the Moon. The space vehicle is mounted on a cradle that is accelerated by a magnetic field generated by the track at a constant 100. m/s2. a. How fast is the vehicle going after it has traveled the 2.88 104 m track?
= 2.40 103 m/s

b. How long does it take to reach this speed?

= 24.0 s