EXERCISE LINEAR MOTION

1. Muthuss house Ahmads house Shop

300m 400m



Muthu cycles from his house to the shop. While coming back, he stops at Ahmads house.
What is his displacement from his house?


2. A car travels 500 m to east and 500 m to north. Which of the following correctly relates the
situation above?
A. The distance travelled by the car is 707 m.
B. The displacement of the car from the starting point is 1000 m due north-east.
C. The displacement of the car from the starting point is 707 m due nort-east.


3. A student takes 2 minutes to run 800 m. What is his average speed in m s?


4. An aeroplane travels 6 km due west in 1 minute. Then it changes its direction to south and
travels 8 km in 2 min 20 s. Find its average velocity in m s?


5. A motorcycle is moving with velocity 10 m s and reaches a velocity of 25 m s after 3
seconds. What is its acceleration?


6. A van moves up a slope at an initial velocity of 20 m s. It stops after 8 seconds. What is its
acceleration?


7. A car starts from rest and accelerates at 2 m s. How long does it take to accelerate to a speed
of 30 m s?
8. A bus moves with constant accelerations along a straight road at an initial speed of 5 m s from
town P to town Q in 2 minutes. If the distance between town P and town Q is 1.5 km, what is
the velocity of the bus at town Q?


9. A skies down a hill with uniform acceleration. He starts from rest and attains a speed of 12 ms
after travelling 18m. Find his acceleration.


10. A train starts from rest and accelerates uniformly. It travels 360 m in 12 s. Find
a) the acceleration of the train
b) speed at the end of 12 s
c) distance moved during the 12 s


11. a) Define velocity.
Distinguish between speed and velocity.

b) What do you mean by acceleration?
State the unit of velocity and acceleration.

c) The diagram below shows a box sliding down a plane from a truck.



The box takes 3 s to slide down the plane.
i. What is the length of the plane from the truck?
ii. If the box accelerates uniformly down the plane, what is the acceleration of the box?
iii. Find the magnitude of velocity when it reaches the ground.
iv. State any change to acceleration and velocity of the box if
a) the length of the plane is shortened
b) the height of the truck is increased


30
1.8 m
P Q







12. Car p travels at 10 m s and it is 19 m from car Q when the traffic lights turn red. The motorist
from car P has the reaction time to 0.60 s. when the brakes of car P is applied fully, the car
decelerates at 5.0 m s.
i. How far has P travelled during the reaction time?
ii. Find the distance travelled when the brakes are applied. Will car P collide with car Q?
How far from Q will P stop?


13. If a boy takes 10 s to finish each of the following paths AB, find the total distance travelled,
displacement and average speed in each case. ( Take )

a) b)




14. A man running in a race covers 60 m in 12 s.
a) What is his speed in
i. m s
ii. km h
b) If he takes 40 s to complete the race, what is his distance covered?
c) Another man runs with a speed of 7.5 m s, how long did he take to complete the race?

15. In a 200 m swimming competition, a swimmer takes 12.2 s for the first lap, 12.6 s for the
second lap, 12.8 s for the third lap and 12.5 s for the fourth lap. One lap is 50 m long. Find the
average speed of the swimmer.

8m
6m
4m
A B
2m
mm
B
A
j=2m
j=4m
16. A vehicle accelerates uniformly from rest to a speed of 25 m s in 100 s along a straight road.
It then decelerates uniformly at 0.2 m s for 60 s. Find
a) the initial acceleration
b) the final speed
after decelerating.