PHY10 LINEAR KINEMATICS, PROJECTILE MOTION

1. A motorcyclist is heading east through a small Iowa city accelerates after he passes the signpost
marking the city limits. His acceleration is a constant 4.0 m/s2. At time t = 0 he is 5.0 m east of
the signpost, moving east at 15 m/s.
(a) Find his position and velocity at time t = 2.0 s
(b) Where is the motorcyclist when his velocity is 25 m/s?
2. A motorist traveling with a constant speed of 15 m/s passes a school-crossing corner, where the
speed limit is 10 m/s. Just as the motorist passes, a police officer on a motorcycle stopped at the
corner starts off in pursuit with constant acceleration of 3.0 m/s2.
(a) How much time elapses before the officer catches up with the motorist?
(b) What is the officers speed at that point?
(c) What is the total distance each vehicle has travelled at that point?
3. A red car and a green car, identical except for the color, move toward each other in adjacent
lanes and parallel to an x- axis. At the t = 0, they are 220 m apart. If the red car has a constant
velocity of 20 km/h, the cars pass each other at x = 44.5 m (with reference to the red cars initial
position.) and if it has a constant velocity of 40 km/h ( with reference to the red cars initial
position), they pass each other at x = 77.9 m. What are (a) the initial velocity and the (b)
constant acceleration of the green car?
4. An electric vehicle starts from rest and accelerates at a rate of 2.0 m/s2 in a straight line until it
reaches a speed of 20 m/s. The vehicle then slows at a constant rate of 1.0 m/s2 until it stops. (a)
How much time elapses from start to stop? (b) How far does the vehicle travel from start to
stop?

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Engr. E. D. Dimaunahan
PHY10
Kinematics