HONORS PHYSICS CONSTANT ACCELERATION WORD PROBLEMS

1. A race car traveling at 44 m/s slows at a constant rate to a velocity of 22 m/s over 11 seconds. How far does it
move during this time?

2. A car accelerates at a constant rate from 15 m/s to 25 m/s while it travels 125 m. How long does it take to achieve
this speed?

3. A bike rider accelerates constantly to a velocity of 7.5 m/s during 4.5 seconds. The bikes displacement during the
acceleration was 19 meters. What was the initial velocity of the bike?

4. An airplane starts from rest and accelerates at a constant 3.0 m/s2 for 10 seconds before leaving the ground.
a) How far did the airplane move?
b) How fast was it going when it took off?

5. An engineer must design a runway to accommodate airplanes that must reach a ground velocity of 61 m/s before
they can take off. These planes are capable of being accelerated uniformly at the rate of 2.5 m/s2.
a) How long will it take the planes to reach takeoff speed?
b) What must be the minimum length of the runway?

6. A car slows down from a speed of 25 m/s to rest in 5.0 seconds. Find the acceleration during this time period.

7. At highway speeds, a particular automobile is capable of an acceleration of about 1.6 m/s2. At this rate, how long
does it take to accelerate from 22 m/s to 31 m/s?

8. A sports car is advertised to stop in a distance of 50 meters from a speed of 25 m/s. What is the acceleration?

9. A car accelerates from 12 m/s to 25 m/s in 6.0 seconds. How far does it travel in this time?

10. In coming to a stop, a car leaves skid marks 80 meters long on the highway. Assuming a deceleration of 7.0
m/s2, find the speed of the car just before braking.

11. A driver of a car going 25 m/s suddenly sees the lights of a barrier 40.0 meters ahead. It takes the driver 0.75
seconds to apply the brakes, and the acceleration during braking is -10 m/s2. Determine whether the car hits the
barrier.
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13. A skier accelerates steadily down a hill from 3.5m/s to 11.40 m/s in 4.20s.
a) What is the acceleration?
b) What is the displacement?

14. A baseball player catches a ball moving at 24m/s. Upon striking the player’s glove, the ball moves 12cm as it
comes to rest.
a) What was the ball’s acceleration as it came to rest?
b) How long did it take the ball to come to rest after striking the glove?

15. An automobile accelerates from rest at 2 m/s2 for 20 seconds. The speed is then held constant for 20 seconds,
after which there is an acceleration of -3 m/s2 until the automobile stops.
(A) What is the total distance traveled?
(B) Draw and label the velocity vs time graph for the entire trip.

16. A car is traveling at 28 m/s when the driver sights a deer 80 meters ahead. If the reaction time of the driver is
0.50 seconds and the maximum deceleration of the car is 6m/s2 , determine if the driver collides with the deer.