Exam 2: Motion in One Dimension

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Two children start at one end of a street,the origin,run to the other end,then head back.On the way back Joan is ahead of Mike.Which statement is correct about the distances run and the displacements from the origin?

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An object is thrown downward with an initial (t = 0)speed of 10 m/s from a height of 60 m above the ground.At the same instant (t = 0),a second object is propelled vertically upward from ground level with a speed of 40 m/s.At what height above the ground will the two objects pass each other?

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A stone is thrown from the top of a building with an initial velocity of 20 m/s downward.The top of the building is 60 m above the ground.How much time elapses between the instant of release and the instant of impact with the ground?

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A ball is thrown vertically upward with an initial speed of 20 m/s.Two seconds later,a stone is thrown vertically (from the same initial height as the ball)with an initial speed of 24 m/s.At what height above the release point will the ball and stone pass each other?

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The position of a particle as it moves along the x axis is given by x = 15e−2t m,where t is in s.What is the acceleration of the particle at t = 1.0 s?

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A particle moving along the x axis has a position given by x = 54t − 2.0t3 m.At the time t = 3.0 s,the speed of the particle is zero.Which statement is correct?

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Vx is the velocity of a particle moving along the x axis as shown.If x = 2.0 m at t = 1.0 s,what is the position of the particle at t = 6.0 s? V<sub>x</sub> is the velocity of a particle moving along the x axis as shown.If x = 2.0 m at t = 1.0 s,what is the position of the particle at t = 6.0 s?

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A toy rocket,launched from the ground,rises vertically with an acceleration of 20 m/s2 for 6.0 s until its motor stops.Disregarding any air resistance,what maximum height above the ground will the rocket achieve?

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A proton moving along the x axis has an initial velocity of 4.0 × 106 m/s and a constant acceleration of 6.0 × 1012 m/s2.What is the velocity of the proton after it has traveled a distance of 80 cm?

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The graph below shows the velocity versus time graph for a ball.Which explanation best fits the motion of the ball as shown by the graph? The graph below shows the velocity versus time graph for a ball.Which explanation best fits the motion of the ball as shown by the graph?

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A bullet is fired through a board,14.0 cm thick,with its line of motion perpendicular to the face of the board.If it enters with a speed of 450 m/s and emerges with a speed of 220 m/s,what is the bullet's acceleration as it passes through the board?

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A rock is thrown downward from an unknown height above the ground with an initial speed of 10 m/s.It strikes the ground 3.0 s later.Determine the initial height of the rock above the ground.

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A particle is moving at constant velocity.Its position at t = 1.0 s is 3.0 m and its position at t = 4.0 s is 15.0 m.What is the slope of the position-time graph for this particle?

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An object is thrown vertically and has an upward velocity of 18 m/s when it reaches one fourth of its maximum height above its launch point.What is the initial (launch)speed of the object?

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The area under a graph of vx vs.t from t = ti to t = tf represents

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A helicopter descends from a height of 600 m with uniform negative acceleration,reaching the ground at rest in 5.00 minutes.Determine the acceleration of the helicopter and its initial velocity.

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A boy on a skate board skates off a horizontal bench at a velocity of 10 m/s.One tenth of a second after he leaves the bench,to two significant figures,the magnitudes of his velocity and acceleration are:

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Starting from rest,a car travels 1350 meters in 1.00 minute.It accelerated at 1.0 m/s2 until it reached its cruising speed.Then it drove the remaining distance at constant velocity.What was its cruising speed?

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An automobile manufacturer claims that its product will,starting from rest,travel 0.40 km in 9.0 s.What is the magnitude of the constant acceleration required to do this?

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When starting from rest at the bottom of a straight road with constant upward slope,Joan bicycles to the top 50.0 s ahead of Sally,whose travel time is 5.00 minutes.What is the ratio of Joan's acceleration to Sally's acceleration?

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