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Physics 2204 Worksheet #4 - Advanced Kinematics
1. Calculate the final velocity of a vehicle accelerating at 2.0 m/s/s after 3.0 s if the vehicle starts
from rest.
2. What is the average acceleration of a skater whose velocity changes from 6.0 m/s to -3.0 m/s in
2.0 seconds?
3. How far will a rocket travel if it accelerates at 12.0 m/s/s for 5 seconds, starting from rest?
4. What acceleration is experienced by a roller coaster that comes to a complete stop from 20.0 m/s
in 20.0 m?
5. How long does it take an vehicle to reach 25.0 m/s if it is accelerating at 2.5 m/s/s from an initial
velocity of 10 m/s?
6. A brick is dropped from rest. If the acceleration due to gravity (g) is -9.80 m/s , how long will it
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take the brick to drop 20.0 m?
7. A ball is thrown vertically into the air with an initial velocity of 27.0 m/s. How high will it go?
8. A skier is travelling at 10.0 m/s when he notices a large boulder in his path. He immediately
begins to stop, decelerating at 1.0 m/s/s. If the boulder is 200 m away, will he hit it?
9. Mr. Furey ambushes students outside the main door by standing on the roof and dropping ticker
tape timers on them. If the timers are dropped from 3.0 m, how long does it take for one to land
on a students head?
10. Tiring of his sport, Mr. Furey instead throws his ticker tape timers at passing seagulls. If he can
give a timer an initial velocity of 5.0 m/s, how high above the roof can he throw it ?
11. In a particularly slow physics class, Mr. Molloy falls asleep in the back of class. Mr Furey runs
towards him at an initial velocity of 10.0 m/s, intent on dumping water on his head. Mr. Molloy
hears the commotion and awakes, fists ready. Mr. Furey slams on the brakes, decelerating at 1.0
m/s/s for 4 seconds. How fast is he going when he headbutts Mr. Molloys fist?
12. What acceleration is being experienced by the sheep in Mr. Fields dreams if they cover 120.0 m
in 6.00 s with an initial velocity of 0 as they leap the fence?
13. A train is moving with uniform acceleration to the right, a = 2.0 m/s/s. What was the initial velocity
if the train is stopped in 10.0 seconds?
14. Two vehicles are having a race. Car A gets a head start and travels at uniform motion for 12.0
seconds with a v = 10.0 m/s. Car B starts 3.0 s later, accelerates from rest to 15 m/s in 3.0 s, and
then continues at 15 m/s for the remaining 6.0 seconds. Who won?
15. Calculate the initial velocity of a particle whose final velocity of 14.5 m/s is achieved in 12.0 s over
a distance of 15 m.
16. How high do you have to be to drop a rock so that it hits the ground in 10.0 seconds?
17. What will be the final speed of the rock in #16.?
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18. What distance is travelled as a particle slows from 22.0 m/s to 14.0 m/s in 12.0 s?
19. A 2-stage rocket is moving at 130.0 m/s when it fires its boosters, accelerating at 40 m/s/s for 6.0
s. What is the final velocity, and how far does the rocket travel?
20. Young Zeke fails out of physics and gets a job flipping burgers. If he gives a burger an initial
velocity of 1.0 m/s upwards, how long will the burger stay in the air?
Answers:
1. 6.00 m/s
2. -4.50 m/s
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3. 150 m
4. -10.0 m/s/s
5. 6.00 s
6. 2.02 s
7. 37.2 m
8. No
9. t = 0.782 s
10. d = 1.28 m
11. 6.00 m/s
12. 6.67 m/s/s
13. -20.0 m/s
14. Car a won
15. -12.0 m/s
16. 490 m
17. -98 m/s
18. 216 m
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19. V = 370 m/s, d = 1500 m
20. t = 0.102 s