Exam 2: Motion in One Dimension

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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 50-gram superball traveling at 25.0 m/s is bounced off a brick wall and rebounds at 22.0 m/s.A high-speed camera records this event.If the ball is in contact with the wall for 3.50 ms,what is the average acceleration of the ball during this time interval?

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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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A juggler throws two balls to the same height so that one is at the halfway point going up when the other is at the halfway point coming down.At that point:

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Driver A is cruising along enjoying the fall colors.Driver B starts her car at the instant he passes her.Their velocities are shown as functions of time in the graph below.At what instants in time on the graph are drivers A and B side by side? Driver A is cruising along enjoying the fall colors.Driver B starts her car at the instant he passes her.Their velocities are shown as functions of time in the graph below.At what instants in time on the graph are drivers A and B side by side?

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The position of an object at equal time intervals is shown below: The position of an object at equal time intervals is shown below:   Which graph below correctly represents position versus time for this object? Which graph below correctly represents position versus time for this object?

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A speedy tortoise can run with a velocity of 10.0 cm/s and a hare can run 20.0 times as fast.In a race,they both start at the same time,but the hare stops to rest for 2.00 minutes.The tortoise wins by a shell (20.0 cm).What was the length of the race?

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The position of a particle moving along the y axis has a position given by y=0.20 m+(8.0ms)t(10ms2)t2y = 0.20 \mathrm {~m} + \left( 8.0 \frac { \mathrm { m } } { \mathrm { s } } \right) t - \left( 10 \frac { \mathrm { m } } { \mathrm { s } ^ { 2 } } \right) t ^ { 2 } Is there any time interval during which the particle is not moving?

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An automobile traveling along a straight road increases its speed from 30.0 m/s to 50.0 m/s in a distance of 180 m.If the acceleration is constant,how much time elapses while the auto moves this distance?

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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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Two identical balls are at rest side by side at the bottom of a hill.Some time after ball A is kicked up the hill,ball B is given a kick up the hill.Ball A is headed downhill when it passes ball B headed up the hill.At the instant when ball A passes ball B,

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Five motion diagrams in which points represent the positions of an object at equal time intervals are shown below.Which statement is correct? Five motion diagrams in which points represent the positions of an object at equal time intervals are shown below.Which statement is correct?

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To help Kim practice for the Special Olympics,Sally runs beside him for half the required distance.She runs the remaining distance at her regular speed and arrives 90 seconds ahead of Kim.What is the ratio of Sally's regular speed to Kim's speed? Use tKim for Kim's total time.

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A particle moving with a constant acceleration has a velocity of 20 cm/s when its position is x = 10 cm.Its position 7.0 s later is x = -30 cm.What is the acceleration of the particle?

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A bicyclist starts down a hill with an initial speed of 2.0 m/s.She moves down the hill with a constant acceleration,arriving at the bottom of the hill with a speed of 8.0 m/s.If the hill is 12 m long,how long did it take the bicyclist to travel down the hill?

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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 peregrine falcon dives at a pigeon.The falcon starts with zero downward velocity and falls with the acceleration of gravity.If the pigeon is 76.0 m below the initial height of the falcon,how long does it take the falcon to intercept the pigeon?

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A particle confined to motion along the x axis moves with constant acceleration from x = 2.0 m to x = 8.0 m during a 2.5-s time interval.The velocity of the particle at x = 8.0 m is 2.8 m/s.What is the acceleration during this time interval?

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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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The velocity at the midway point of a ball able to reach a height y when thrown with velocity vi at the origin is:

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