Suppose at one instant of time the velocity of a body
is zero. Can this body have a non{zero acceleration at
this instant? Give an example.
Is the average speed equal to the magnitude of the
average velocity? Is the average speed equal to the average magnitude of the velocity?
If an astronaut in her spacesuit can jump to a height of
20 cm on earth, how high can she jump on the moon? The acceleration due to gravity on the moon is 1/6 the value on earth.
A woman riding upward in an elevator drops a penny
in the elevator shaft as she passes the third
oor. At the same instant a man standing at the elevator door on the third
oor also drops a penny in the elevator shaft. Whose penny hits the bottom rst? Whose penny hits with the higher speed? Does air resistance make any dierence?